ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷ noun
( plural jack-in-the-pulpits or jacks-in-the-pulpit )
1. : any of several plants of the genus Arisaema ; especially : an American spring-flowering woodland herb ( A. atrorubens ) with sheathing leaves, an upright club-shaped spadix with open overarching green and purple spathe, and fruit consisting of a mass of bright scarlet berries — see green dragon 2
2. : turk's-cap lily b
3. : love-in-a-mist 1
4. : a figwort ( Scrophularia californica ) of western No. America with dull red flowers
5. : prairie wake-robin
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