jack-in-the-pulpit
1.
(
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
Related Words:
aroid
,
arum
2.
(
noun
) common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a sagolike starch called arum
Synonyms:
Arum maculatum
,
cuckoopint
,
lords-and-ladies
Related Words:
aroid
,
arum
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