jack-in-the-pulpit

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

jack-in-the-pulpit
    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}]
    2: 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

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]