cuckoobud

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noun

A buttercup.

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Meanings

nouncuckoobud (plural cuckoobuds)

plural cuckoobuds

  1. obsoleteA buttercup.

    When Dasies pied, and Violets blew, And Cuckow-buds of yellow hew:

    c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene ii]

Origin

From cuckoo + bud.

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APA

cuckoobud. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuckoobud

MLA

“cuckoobud.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuckoobud. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuckoobud,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuckoobud.

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