- Starchwort
- Starchwort Starch"wort` (-w[^u]rt`), n. (Bot.) The cuckoopint, the tubers of which yield a fine quality of starch. [1913 Webster]
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Starchwort
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starchwort — noun The plant cuckoopint, the tubers of which were once used to make starch … Wiktionary
jack-in-the-pulpit — /jak in dheuh pool pit, pul /, n., pl. jack in the pulpits. A North American plant, Arisaema triphyllum, of the arum family, having an upright spadix arched over by a green or striped purplish brown spathe. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * North American… … Universalium
cuckoopint — noun a) The flowering plant Arum maculatum that has arrow shaped leaves and a cluster of scarlet berries. b) The related plant, Arum italicum. Syn: jack in the pulpit, lords and ladies, rampe, starchwort … Wiktionary
