Synonyms of jack in the pulpit

Noun


1. jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens, arum, aroid

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

2. cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum, arum, aroid

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

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