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jack-in-the-pulpit meaning and definition
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Definition of jack-in-the-pulpit (noun)
- common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
- synonyms: Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, wake-robin
- common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
- synonyms: Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies
Source: Princeton University Wordnet