jack-in-the-pulpit

Noun

Meaning

common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries

common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

Source: WordNet

Alternative names

jack in the pulpit

Synonyms

cuckoopint Indian turnip wake-robin Arisaema atrorubens Arisaema triphyllum Arum maculatum arum lords and ladies bog onion brown dragon wild turnip

Hypernyms

arum aroid

Close letter words and terms

jack-in-the-box jack-in-the-box effect jack-in-the-bush Jack-in-the-water Jack-jump-up-and-kiss-me jack-knife