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Webster 1828 Edition


Cuckoo-spit

CUCKOO-SPIT

, CUCKOO-SPITTLE,
Noun.
A dew or exudation found on plants, especially about the joints of lavender and rosemary. Or a froth or spume found on the leaves of certain plants, as on white field-lychnis or catch-fly, called sometimes spatling poppy.