arum maculatum

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Arum maculatum
    n 1: common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short
         purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch
         called arum [syn: {cuckoopint}, {lords-and-ladies}, {jack-
         in-the-pulpit}, {Arum maculatum}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sago \Sa"go\ (s[=a]"g[-o]), n. [Malay. s[=a]gu.]
   A dry granulated starch imported from the East Indies, much
   used for making puddings and as an article of diet for the
   sick; also, as starch, for stiffening textile fabrics. It is
   prepared from the stems of several East Indian and Malayan
   palm trees, but chiefly from the {Metroxylon Sagu}; also from
   several cycadaceous plants ({Cycas revoluta}, {Zamia
   integrifolia}, etc.).
   [1913 Webster]

   {Portland sago}, a kind of sago prepared from the corms of
      the cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}).

   {Sago palm}. (Bot.)
   (a) A palm tree which yields sago.
   (b) A species of Cycas ({Cycas revoluta}).

   {Sago spleen} (Med.), a morbid condition of the spleen,
      produced by amyloid degeneration of the organ, in which a
      cross section shows scattered gray translucent bodies
      looking like grains of sago.
      [1913 Webster]

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

Lords and Ladies \Lords" and La"dies\n. (Bot.)
   The European wake-robin ({Arum maculatum}), -- those with
   purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the
   ladies. --Dr. Prior.
   [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wake-robin \Wake"-rob`in\, n. (Bot.)
   Any plant of the genus {Arum}, especially, in England, the
   cuckoopint ({Arum maculatum}).
   [1913 Webster]

   Note: In America the name is given to several species of
         Trillium, and sometimes to the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
         [1913 Webster]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Cuckoopint \Cuck"oo*pint`\ (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.)
   A plant of the genus {Arum} ({Arum maculatum}); the European
   wake-robin.
   [1913 Webster]

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]