LORDS AND LADIES: Dictionary Entry and Meaning

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
	Synonyms:		Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, jack-in-the-pulpit
	See Also:		aroid, arum, genus Arum
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
	Definition:		\Lords" and La"dies\ (Bot.) The European wake-robin ({Arum maculatum}), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. --Dr. Prior.