noun
Meaning 1
Arisaema triphyllum.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Jack-in-the-pulpit
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
Indian turnip
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noun
Meaning 2
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Indian, turnip. (also meaning Brassica rapa cultivars in India)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: jack-in-the-pulpit, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arum, aroid
History
Etymology
From North American Indians having the reputation to cook their tubers.