cuckoo

any of numerous European and North American birds having pointed wings and a long tail ; a man who is a stupid incompetent fool ;

cuckoo's nest

pejorative terms for an insane asylum ;

cuckoo-bumblebee

a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees ;

cuckoo bread

Eurasian plant with heart-shaped trifoliate leaves and white purple-veined flowers ;

cuckoo clock

clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo ;

cuckoo flower

common perennial native to Europe and western Asia having usually pink flowers with ragged petals ; a bitter cress of Europe and America ;

cuckooflower

a bitter cress of Europe and America ;

cuckoopint

common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum ;

cuculidae

includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner ;

cuculiform bird

birds having zygodactyl feet (except for the touracos) ;

cuculiformes

cuckoos; touracos; etc. ;

cuculus

type genus of the Cuculidae ;

cuculus canorus

common cuckoo of Europe having a distinctive two-note call; lays eggs in the nests of other birds ;

cucumber

cylindrical green fruit with thin green rind and white flesh eaten as a vegetable; related to melons ; a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit ;

cucumber tree

American deciduous magnolia having large leaves and fruit like a small cucumber ;

cucumber vine

a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit ;

cucumis

cucumbers; muskmelons ;

cucumis melo

any of several varieties of vine whose fruit has a netted rind and edible flesh and a musky smell ;

cucumis melo cantalupensis

a variety of muskmelon vine having fruit with a tan rind and orange flesh ;

cucumis melo inodorus

any of a variety of muskmelon vines having fruit with a smooth white rind and white or greenish flesh that does not have a musky smell ;

cucumis melo reticulatus

a muskmelon vine with fruit that has a thin reticulated rind and sweet green flesh ;

cucumis sativus

a melon vine of the genus Cucumis; cultivated from earliest times for its cylindrical green fruit ;

cucurbit

any plant of the family Cucurbitaceae ;

cucurbita

type genus of the Cucurbitaceae ;

cucurbita argyrosperma

plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds ;

cucurbita foetidissima

perennial vine of dry parts of central and southwestern United States and Mexico having small hard mottled green inedible fruit ;

cucurbita maxima

any of several winter squash plants producing large greyish-green football-shaped fruit with a rough warty rind ; plant bearing buff-colored squash having somewhat bottle-shaped fruit with fine-textured edible flesh and a smooth thin rind ;

cucurbita maxima turbaniformis

squash plants bearing hard-shelled fruit shaped somewhat like a turban with a rounded central portion protruding from the end opposite the stem ;

cucurbita mixta

plant bearing squash having globose to ovoid fruit with variously striped grey and green and white warty rinds ;

cucurbita moschata

any of various plants bearing squash having hard rinds and elongated recurved necks ;

cucurbita pepo

a coarse vine widely cultivated for its large pulpy round orange fruit with firm orange skin and numerous seeds; subspecies of Cucurbita pepo include the summer squashes and a few autumn squashes ;

cucurbita pepo melopepo

any of various usually bushy plants producing fruit that is eaten while immature and before the rind or seeds harden ;

cucurbitaceae

a family of herbaceous vines (such cucumber or melon or squash or pumpkin) ;

cud

a wad of something chewable as tobacco ; food of a ruminant regurgitated to be chewed again ;

cudbear

a purplish dye obtained from orchil lichens ;

cuddle

a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace ;

cuddling

affectionate play (or foreplay without contact with the genital organs) ;

cuddy

the galley or pantry of a small ship ;

cudgel

a club that is used as a weapon ;

cudweed

perennial cottony-white herb of southwestern United States ; any plant of the genus Filago having capitate clusters of small woolly flower heads ; any of numerous plants of the genus Gnaphalium having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color ;