jack-in-the-pulpit

/ˌdʒæk ɪn ðə ˈpʊlpət/

Definitions of jack-in-the-pulpit

1. noun

   common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
   synonyms: Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, wake-robin

   type of:

   aroid, arum

   any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
2. noun

   common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum
   synonyms: Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies

   type of:

   aroid, arum

   any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe