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 Definitions of jack-in-the-pulpit  [ˈdʒækˌhæm ər]  

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Definition of 'jack-in-the-pulpit' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) jack-in-the-pulpit
any North American plant of the genus Arisaema, of the arum family, having an upright spadix arched over by a spathe.

Etymology:  (1840–50, Amer.)

Definition of 'jack-in-the-pulpit' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens
common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries

2. (noun) cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum
common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum



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