JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT


Meaning of JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌjak-ən-thə-ˈpu̇l-ˌpit, -pət also ]

-ˈpəl- noun

( plural jack-in-the-pulpits also jacks-in-the-pulpit )

Date: 1837

: a North American spring-flowering woodland herb ( Arisaema triphyllum syn. A. atrorubens ) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.