Jack-in-the-pulpit

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
     1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
        ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an
        upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
        purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
        {Indian turnip}.


  
     Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, {Arisaema triphyllum},
          {Arisaema atrorubens}.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. 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}.
  
     Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
          lords-and-ladies, {Arum maculatum}.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  jack-in-the-pulpit
       n 1: common American spring-flowering woodland herb having
            sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with
            overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet
            berries [syn: {Indian turnip}, {wake-robin}, {Arisaema
            triphyllum}, {Arisaema atrorubens}]
       2: common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple
          spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called
          arum [syn: {cuckoopint}, {lords-and-ladies}, {Arum
          maculatum}]