lady's-smock

British  

noun

1. Also called: cuckooflower.  a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)

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Example Sentences

When she gathered her first posy of lady's-smock in the long water meadow near the mill, the little milk-white flowers said, "Why have you been away from us so long?"

From Notwithstanding by Cholmondeley, Mary

“Search in the fields for a lady’s-smock; Where could you find you a prettier frock?”

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-05-19 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

One which was marshy was white for weeks together with the lady's-smock or cuckoo-flower.

From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard

Tar is used in the sheepfold, just as it used to be when sweet Dowsabell went forth to gather honeysuckle and lady's-smock nearly three centuries since.

From Round About a Great Estate by Jefferies, Richard