jack-in-the-pulpit

[ jak-in-thuh-pool-pit, -puhl- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

an E North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum , having a leaflike spathe partly arched over a clublike spadix
See cuckoopint
another name for cuckoopint

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

But he couldn't see Uncle Wiggily because he was safely hidden in the Jack-in-the-pulpit.

So that's how the Jack-in-the-pulpit saved the rabbit and very thankful Uncle Wiggily was.

So the rabbit traveler looked up, and there he saw a flower called Jack-in-the-pulpit looking down on him.

There were sedgy plants in bloom, jack-in-the-pulpit, and what might have been a lily, with a more euphonious name.

Betty never failed to visit a part of the grounds devoted to wild flowers, including May-apples and jack-in-the-pulpit.

April 21, 2024absquatulate

[ab-skwoch-uh-leyt ]

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