jack-in-the-pulpit

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

/ ˈdʒæk ɪn ðəˈpʊl pɪt, -ˈpʌl- /

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.

Origin of jack-in-the-pulpit

An Americanism dating back to 1840–50

Words nearby jack-in-the-pulpit

jack in, jacking engine, jack-in-office, jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-green, jack-in-the-pulpit, Jack Ketch, jackknife, jackknife-fish, jack ladder, jackleg

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Example sentences from the Web for jack-in-the-pulpit

We do not want the Jack-in-the-pulpit to disappear from our woods.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various
Don't you call that an adventure—lifting the stone off the Jack-in-the-Pulpit so he could grow?
Uncle Wiggily in the Woods|Howard R. Garis
Dear Jack-in-the-Pulpit: I am a little boy just six years old.
St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1886, No. 7.|Various
Jack-in-the-pulpit is a wild cousin of the over-civilized calla lily.
Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets|Various

Very striking examples of this reaction are offered by the awakening corms of the Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisma triphyllum).
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898|Various

British Dictionary definitions for jack-in-the-pulpit

jack-in-the-pulpit

noun

an E North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum, having a leaflike spathe partly arched over a clublike spadix

British another name for cuckoopint

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单词	jack-in-the-pulpit
释义	jack-in-the-pulpit [ jak-in-thuh-pool-pit, -puhl- ] / ˈdʒæk ɪn ðəˈpʊl pɪt, -ˈpʌl- / 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. Origin of jack-in-the-pulpit An Americanism dating back to 1840–50 Words nearby jack-in-the-pulpit jack in, jacking engine, jack-in-office, jack-in-the-box, jack-in-the-green, jack-in-the-pulpit, Jack Ketch, jackknife, jackknife-fish, jack ladder, jackleg Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for jack-in-the-pulpit We do not want the Jack-in-the-pulpit to disappear from our woods. Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets\|Various Don't you call that an adventure—lifting the stone off the Jack-in-the-Pulpit so he could grow? Uncle Wiggily in the Woods\|Howard R. Garis Dear Jack-in-the-Pulpit: I am a little boy just six years old. St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls, Vol. 8, May 1886, No. 7.\|Various Jack-in-the-pulpit is a wild cousin of the over-civilized calla lily. Cornell Nature-Study Leaflets\|Various Very striking examples of this reaction are offered by the awakening corms of the Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisma triphyllum). Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, December 1898\|Various British Dictionary definitions for jack-in-the-pulpit jack-in-the-pulpit noun an E North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum, having a leaflike spathe partly arched over a clublike spadix British another name for cuckoopint Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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