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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root;

2. any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe;
[syn: arum, aroid]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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; also called Indian turnip. Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens. [WordNet 1.5] 2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum. Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

cuckoopint \cuck"oo*pint`\, cuckoo-pint \cuck"oo-pint`\n. 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, lords and ladies, lords-and-ladies, jack-in-the-pulpit, Arum maculatum. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Arum \A"rum\, n. [L. arum, aros, Gr. ?.] A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example. [1913 Webster] Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village children. --Lubbock. [1913 Webster] Note: The American "Jack in the pulpit" is now separated from the genus Arum. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

arum n 1: starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root 2: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe [syn: arum, aroid]