Arisaema atrorubens
n 1: 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: {jack-in-the-pulpit}, {Indian turnip}, {wake-
robin}, {Arisaema triphyllum}, {Arisaema atrorubens}]
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]