Definitions for: 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: Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, Indian turnip, lords-and-ladies, wake-robin

See Also: Arisaema, aroid, arum, genus Arisaema, genus Arum

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