arum

from 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}]

from 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]

from 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]

from 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.
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         Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village
         children.                                --Lubbock.
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   Note: The American "Jack in the pulpit" is now separated from
         the genus {Arum}.
         [1913 Webster]