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Meanings of jack-in-the-pulpit in English
Russian
arisaema triphyllum Portuguese
arisaema triphyllum Spanish
arisaema atrorubens var. viride Catalan
arisaema triphyllum 
Common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries.
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Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.
Usage of jack-in-the-pulpit in English
1
Dieffenbachias are tropical cousins of the jack-in-the-pulpit.
2
The cheeky forest flower jack-in-the-pulpit produces ten times more seeds if it is pollinated by a scientist rather than by a fly.
3
But he couldn't see Uncle Wiggily because he was safely hidden in the Jack-in-the-pulpit.
4
Then the Jack-in-the-pulpit closed down the umbrella top over the rabbit, and he was hidden away as nice and snug as could be wished.
Translations for jack-in-the-pulpit
Russian
Portuguese
Spanish
arisaema atrorubens var. viridearum triphyllum var viridearum triphyllum var. pallescensarum triphyllum var virensarisaema pusillumarisaema atrorubens f zebrinumarum triphyllum var atrorubensarisaema atrorubens f. pallascensarisaema acuminatumarum triphyllum var atropurpureumarum atrorubensarisaema quinatum var obtusoquinatumarisaema triphyllumarisaema deflexumarisaema atrorubens f pallascensarisaema atrorubens var. zebrinumalocasia triphyllaaro
Catalan