JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jack-in-the-pulpit mean? 

• JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT (noun)
  The noun JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arisaema atrorubens; Arisaema triphyllum; Indian turnip; jack-in-the-pulpit; wake-robin

Hypernyms ("jack-in-the-pulpit" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("jack-in-the-pulpit" is a member of...):

Arisaema; genus Arisaema (tuberous or rhizomatous herbaceous perennials)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Arum maculatum; cuckoopint; jack-in-the-pulpit; lords-and-ladies

Hypernyms ("jack-in-the-pulpit" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (parts of "jack-in-the-pulpit"):

arum (starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root)

Holonyms ("jack-in-the-pulpit" is a member of...):

genus Arum (type genus of the Araceae: tuberous perennial herbs of Europe and Asia with usually heart-shaped leaves)