Found 2 items, similar to jack-in-the-pulpit.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: jack-in-the-pulpit jack-in-the-pulpit n 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 [syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum , Arisaema atrorubens] 2: common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum [syn: cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: jack-in-the-pulpit 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]