jack-in-the-pul·pit (j k  n-  -p l pt, -p l-)n. pl. jack-in-the-pulpits An eastern North American tuberous herb (Arisaema triphyllum) having a striped, leaflike spathe with a bent blade and three-lobed leaves. Also called regionally Indian turnip. |
jack-in-the-pulpit
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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an E North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum, having a leaflike spathe partly arched over a clublike spadix
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Brit another name for cuckoopint
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| Noun | 1. |  jack-in-the-pulpit - common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berriesaroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe Arisaema, genus Arisaema - tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials |
| 2. |  jack-in-the-pulpit - common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arumaroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe genus Arum - type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves arum - starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root |
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