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noun

jack-in-the-pulpit n.

A common American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called Indian turnip.

Synonyms: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens.

A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.

Synonyms: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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Words linked to "Jack-in-the-pulpit" : arum, Arum maculatum, Arisaema, lords-and-ladies, Arisaema triphyllum, cuckoopint, Arisaema atrorubens, aroid, Indian turnip