plural jack-in-the-pulpits also jacks-in-the-pulpit
: a North American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisaema triphyllum synonym A. atrorubens) of the arum family having an upright club-shaped spadix arched over by a green and purple spathe
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Recent Examples on the WebIn his obituary and appreciation of the artist, published a day after her death on March 6, 1986, Milwaukee Journal art critic James Auer reported that one of O'Keeffe's local art teachers taught her to look closely at a jack-in-the-pulpit.—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 29 May 2024 One example slated for the garden is the jack-in-the-pulpit, a plant with green and maroon striped flowers and red berries.—Alyson Krueger, New York Times, 1 June 2023
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plural jack-in-the-pulpits also jacks-in-the-pulpit
: a North American spring-flowering herb that grows in moist shady places and bears an upright club-shaped flower cluster over which arches a green and purple bract like a hood
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