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jack-in-the-pulpit
[ jak-in-thuh-pool-pit, -puhl- ]
noun
, plural jack-in-the-pul·pits.
- A North American plant, Arisaema triphyllum, of the arum family, having an upright spadix arched over by a green or striped purplish-brown spathe.
jack-in-the-pulpit
noun
- an E North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum , having a leaflike spathe partly arched over a clublike spadix
- another name for cuckoopint
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Word History and Origins
Origin of jack-in-the-pulpit1
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50
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Example Sentences
We didn’t get lucky on our April hike, but we did spot plenty of jack-in-the-pulpit, a hooded plant also called the bog onion.
From Washington Post
A native jack-in-the-pulpit was raised over four years from seed.
From Washington Post
These included aroids as diverse as the beautifully colored Japanese jack-in-the-pulpit and the corpse flower, a gigantic stinking plant from Sumatra whose blooming has become a crowd-pulling event in botanical gardens around the world.
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The jack-in-the-pulpit had the same kind of trouble.
From Literature
It’s called jack-in-the-pulpit because “it looks like someone’s standing inside of it,” he says.
From National Geographic
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