单词 | jack-in-the-pulpit |
释义 | > as lemmasjack-in-the-pulpit jack-in-the-pulpit n. †(a) cuckoo pint, Arum maculatum, an aroid plant native to Europe (obsolete); (b) U.S. a common North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum, the inflorescence of which has a club-shaped spadix and a green spathe striped with brown and purple. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > root vegetables > turnip > turnip plant > varieties of turnip plant jack-in-the-pulpit1823 1823 J. L. Drummond First Steps Bot. vii. 200 It [sc. Arum maculatum] has a ridiculous resemblance to an image standing in a case, and hence has received the vulgar names of Jack in a box, and Jack in the pulpit. 1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. I. ii. 211 Fine specimens of Jack-in-the pulpit, and the moccassin-flower. 1869 J. G. Fuller Uncle John's Flower Gatherers 36 Blossoms springing all around it—little bluets, great broad-leaf trilliums and waterarum (Jack-in-the-pulpit we called it then..). 1894 W. H. Gibson in Harper's Mag. Mar. 565 Our well-known jack-in-the-pulpit, or Indian-turnip, with its purple-streaked canopy and sleek ‘preacher’ standing erect beneath it. 1906 N.Y. Evening Post 16 June (Suppl.) 2 In these woods I made acquaintance with Jack-in-the-pulpits, or, as the English call them, ‘Lords and Ladies’. 1949 Nature Mag. Apr. 178 A few of these, like Indian turnip or jack-in-the-pulpit, cowslip and milkweed, may be considered mildly inedible. 1972 T. McHugh Time of Buffalo viii. 91 Soups were popular, some brewed with..buffalo meat, berries, fat, and the roots of jack-in-the-pulpits. 2004 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 3 June d2/1 I have a lot of jack-in-the-pulpits in my woods in Vermont. < as lemmas |
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