 jack-in-the-pulpit |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (botany) 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: | wake-robin Arisaema_triphyllum Arisaema_atrorubens Indian_turnip | |
| Related terms: | arum Arisaema | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum | |
| Synonyms: | lords-and-ladies Arum_maculatum cuckoopint | |
| Related terms: | arum genus_Arum arum | |
| Similar spelling: |
jack-in-the-box |
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