Jack-in-the-pulpit

See also: jack-in-the-pulpit

English

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arum maculatum, sense 1)

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum, sense 2)

Alternative forms

• jack-in-the-pulpit

Pronunciation

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Noun

Jack-in-the-pulpit (plural Jack-in-the-pulpits or Jacks-in-the-pulpit)

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

   Synonyms: snake's head, cuckoopint; see also Thesaurus:Jack-in-the-pulpit

4. A plant native to eastern North America, Arisaema triphyllum.

   Synonyms: Indian turnip, bog onion

5. Any plant in the genus Arisaema.

   Synonyms: cobra lily, jack, Jack

6. (games) Cat's cradle.

Translations

Arum maculatum

• Finnish: aaroninsauva (fi), munkinhuppu (fi)
• German: gefleckter Aronstab m
• Italian: gigaro scuro m
• Romanian: rodul-pământului (ro) n
• Russian: аро́нник пятни́стый m (arónnik pjatnístyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: cluas-chaoin m
• Swedish: fläckig munkhätta c
• Welsh: pidyn y gog m

Arisaema triphyllum

• Navajo: niłtsínii

Arisaema gen. et spp.

• Bulgarian: аризе́ма f (arizéma)
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kärsäkalla (fi)
• German: Kobralilie f, Feuerkolben m
• Japanese: 天南星 (tennanshou)
• Russian: аризе́ма f (arizéma), однопокровница f (odnopokrovnica)
• Swedish: kobrakalla c

cat's cradle — see cat's cradle