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jack-in-the-pulpit


Definition: Meaning of, jack-in-the-pulpit in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / dʒak ɪn ðə;ðɪ;ðiː ˈpʊlpɪt /

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jack-in-the-pulpit jack-in-the-pulpits
  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
    SYNONYM
    Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens
    ANTONYM
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  2. common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
    SYNONYM
    cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum
    ANTONYM
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