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Indian turnip

 
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–noun
1. the jack-in-the-pulpit.
2. its root.
Origin:
1800–10, Americanism
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Indian turnip  
n.   Upper Northern & Midland U.S.
See jack-in-the-pulpit.
jack-in-the-pul·pit   (jāk'ĭn-thə-pŏŏl'pĭt, -pŭl'-)
n.   pl. jack-in-the-pulpits
An eastern North American tuberous herb (Arisaema triphyllum) having a striped, leaflike spathe with a bent blade and three-lobed leaves. Also called regionally Indian turnip.
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