About The Word Jack-in-the-pulpit

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Jack-in-the-pulpit

Jack-in-the-pulpit Meaning & Definition
Jack-in-the-pulpit Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Jack-in-the-pulpit?

[n] common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
[n] 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 | Synonyms for Jack-in-the-pulpit: Arisaema atrorubens | Arisaema triphyllum | Arum maculatum | cuckoopint | Indian turnip | lords-and-ladies | wake-robin

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See Also | Arisaema | aroid | arum | genus Arisaema | genus Arum

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