[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
   1. a common american spring-flowering woodland herb
      arisaema 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
see also:
arisaema triphyllum indian turnip arisaema triphyllum arisaema atrorubens arum maculatum arum 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

cuckoopint \cuck"oopint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n.
   a common european arum arum maculatum with lanceolate
   spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring,
   and is the source of a sagolike starch called arum.

   syn: cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies,
        jack-in-the-pulpit, arum maculatum.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
arum maculatum arum 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

arum \a"rum\, n. l. arum, aros, gr. ?.
   a genus of plants found in central europe and about the
   mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a
   spathe. the cuckoopint of the english is an example.
   1913 webster

         our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village
         children.                                --lubbock.
   1913 webster

   note: the american "jack in the pulpit" is now separated from
         the genus arum.
         1913 webster
see also:
arum 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

arum
     n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root
     2: any plant of the family araceae; have small flowers massed
        on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe syn: aroid
see also:
aroid 

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