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lady's smock

lady's smock noun: a plant, the cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis).

lady's smock: a plant, the cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis)
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Noun

lady's smock (plural ladies' smocks)

  1. A plant, the cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis).

Forms of lady's smock

pluralladies' smocks
alternative formlady's-smock
alternative formladies' smock

Origin of lady's smock

Attested since 1588. Not found in Middle English, yet compare Old English lustmoce (“lady's smock”).

Questions about lady's smock

What does lady's smock mean?
Lady's smock means a plant, the cuckooflower (Cardamine pratensis).
What part of speech is lady's smock?
Lady's smock is a noun.
What is the plural of lady's smock?
The plural of lady's smock is ladies' smocks.

Words near lady's smock in the dictionary

  1. lady's mantles
  2. lady's men
  3. lady's seal
  4. lady's slipper
  5. lady's slippers
  6. lady's smock
  7. lady's thimble
  8. lady's thumb
  9. lady's traces
  10. lady's woman
  11. lady-bird

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