Noun: jack-in-the-pulpit 'ja-kin dhu'pûl-pit
- Common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
"Children were fascinated by the jack-in-the-pulpit's unusual flower structure";
- Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens
- Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
"The jack-in-the-pulpit's distinctive purple spadix appears in early spring";
- cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum
Derived forms: jack-in-the-pulpits
Part of: Arisaema, genus Arisaema, genus Arum
Encyclopedia: Jack-in-the-pulpit