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Jack-in-the-pulpit

noun · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: snake's head, cuckoopint

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A plant native to eastern North America, Arisaema triphyllum.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Indian turnip, bog onion

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any plant in the genus Arisaema.

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cobra lily, jack

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Cat's cradle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: games

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Alternative form of Jack-in-the-pulpit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 6

common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arum, aroid

7

noun

Meaning 7

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: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: arum, aroid

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: петнист змиярник (petnist zmijarnik) — Arum maculatum
  • Finnish: aaroninsauva — Arum maculatum
  • Finnish: munkinhuppu — Arum maculatum
  • German: gefleckter Aronstab — Arum maculatum
  • Italian: gigaro scuro — Arum maculatum
  • Macedonian: козлец (kozlec) — Arum maculatum
  • Macedonian: змиско грозје (zmisko grozje) — Arum maculatum
  • Romanian: rodul-pământului — Arum maculatum
  • Russian: аро́нник пятни́стый (arónnik pjatnístyj) — Arum maculatum
  • Scottish Gaelic: cluas-chaoin — Arum maculatum
  • Swedish: fläckig munkhätta — Arum maculatum
  • Welsh: pidyn y gog — Arum maculatum
  • Welsh: pregethwr yn y pulpud — Arum maculatum
  • Bulgarian: трилистна аризема (trilistna arizema) — Arisaema triphyllum
  • Navajo: niłtsínii — Arisaema triphyllum
  • Bulgarian: аризе́ма (arizéma) — Arisaema gen. et spp.
  • Finnish: kärsäkalla — Arisaema gen. et spp.
  • German: Kobralilie — Arisaema gen. et spp.
  • German: Feuerkolben — Arisaema gen. et spp.
  • Japanese: 天南星 (tennanshou) — Arisaema gen. et spp.
  • Russian: аризе́ма (arizéma) — Arisaema gen. et spp.
  • Russian: однопокровница (odnopokrovnica) — Arisaema gen. et spp.
  • Swedish: kobrakalla — Arisaema gen. et spp.