- Arisaema atrorubens
- jack-in-the-pulpit jack-in-the-pulpit n.
1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an
upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
{Indian turnip}.
Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, {Arisaema triphyllum}, {Arisaema atrorubens}. [WordNet 1.5]
2. A common European arum ({Arum maculatum}) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called {arum}.
Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, {Arum maculatum}. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
