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jack-in-the-pulpit

Pronunciation:  'jakin dhu'pûlpit

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
  2. [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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