Obs. [Named from the form of the spadix.] = prec.
c. 1450. Voc., in Wr.-Wülcker, 588. Jarus, cokkupyntel, calvysfote.
1597. Gerarde, Herbal, I. lxv. (1598), 90. Wake Robin or Aron … Plinies cowkowpintle.
1635. Brome, Sparagus Garden, III. xi. Wks. 1873, III. 174. S’daggers three pound for a few Cuckoe pintles.
1682. Hist. Chocolate, in Harl. Misc., I. 534. They would have thrown away their wake-robins and their cuckow-pointles.
