Plural-only lexicalized noun phrase; used chiefly as the common name of the plant Arum maculatum, and also for noblemen and noblewomen collectively.
Translations
аронник пятнистыйботан.; обиходное название Arum maculatum Lords-and-ladies were growing in the shade of the old wall.
В тени старой стены рос аронник пятнистый.
знатьсобирательно; о знати The lords and ladies of the court gathered in the ballroom.
Знать двора собралась в бальном зале.
Definitions
a plant of the arum family, Arum maculatum, with hooded leaves and a purple flower spike Lords-and-ladies were growing in the shade of the old wall.
noblemen and noblewomen collectively; aristocrats The lords and ladies of the court gathered in the ballroom.
Synonyms
cuckoo pint
Adam and Eve
wild arum
Arum maculatum