单词 | jack-in-the-pulpit |
释义 | jack-in-the-pulpit (once / 83825 pages) n WORD FAMILY jack-in-the-pulpit USAGE EXAMPLESWalking along the trail on this April day, wildflowers and blossoms dot the ground: bluebells, violets, spring beauties, trout lilies, jack-in-the-pulpit, mayapples, and bloodroot. National Geographic(Apr 24, 2016) I seasoned it with wild garlic and jack-in-the-pulpit roots. Jean Craighead George, My Side of the Mountain(1959) This flower arrangement is typical of the Arum family, which includes plants such as the skunk cabbage, calla lily and jack-in-the-pulpit. New York Times(Apr 19, 2014) 1n common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries Syn|Hyper Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, wake-robin aroid, arum any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe 2n common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum Syn|Hyper Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies aroid, arum any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe |
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