Definition

a North American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum synonym A. atrorubens) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe

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jack-in-the-pulpit

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

jack-in-the-pulpit

noun

jack-in-the-pul·pit

ˌjak-ən-t͟hə-ˈpu̇l-ˌpit -pət also -ˈpəl-

plural jack-in-the-pulpits also jacks-in-the-pulpit

a North American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum synonym A. atrorubens) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe

Illustration

jack-in-the-pulpit

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above

jack-in-the-pulpit

noun

jack-in-the-pul·pit

ˌjak-ən-t͟hə-ˈpu̇l-ˌpit -pət also -ˈpəl-

plural jack-in-the-pulpits also jacks-in-the-pulpit

a North American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum synonym A. atrorubens) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe

Illustration

jack-in-the-pulpit

First Known Use

1837, in the meaning defined above