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  • 111Arisaema triphyllum — jack in the pulpit jack in the pulpit n. 1. A common American spring flowering woodland herb ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an upright club shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;… …

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  • 112Arisaema triphyllum — jack in the pulpit jack in the pulpit n. 1. A common American spring flowering woodland herb ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an upright club shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;… …

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  • 113arum — jack in the pulpit jack in the pulpit n. 1. A common American spring flowering woodland herb ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an upright club shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;… …

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  • 114Arum maculatum — jack in the pulpit jack in the pulpit n. 1. A common American spring flowering woodland herb ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an upright club shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;… …

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  • 115Arum maculatum — jack in the pulpit jack in the pulpit n. 1. A common American spring flowering woodland herb ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an upright club shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;… …

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  • 116Indian turnip — jack in the pulpit jack in the pulpit n. 1. A common American spring flowering woodland herb ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an upright club shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries;… …

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  • 117jack-in-the-pulpit — n. 1. A common American spring flowering woodland herb ({Aris[ae]ma triphyllum}) having sheathing leaves and an upright club shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called {Indian turnip}. Syn:… …

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  • 118cuckoopint — /kooh kooh puynt , kook ooh /, n. a common European arum, Arum maculatum. Also called lords and ladies. [1545 55; apocopated var. of obs. cuckoopintle, late ME cokkupyntel (see CUCKOO, PINTLE); its spadix is pintle shaped] * * * ▪ plant also… …

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  • 119arum — cuckoopint cuck oo*pint , cuckoo pint cuck oo pint . a common European arum ({Arum maculatum}) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called {arum}. Syn: cuckoopint,… …

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  • 120Arum maculatum — cuckoopint cuck oo*pint , cuckoo pint cuck oo pint . a common European arum ({Arum maculatum}) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring, and is the source of a sagolike starch called {arum}. Syn: cuckoopint,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English