starch-root

English

Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arum maculatum)

Noun

starch-root (plural starch-roots)

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

   Synonyms: Jack-in-the-pulpit, cuckoopint; see also Thesaurus:Jack-in-the-pulpit

   • July 14 1853, T.B. Groves, “On Portland Arrow-Root”, in Transactions of the Pharmaceutical Meetings, volume 13, Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, page 60:

     The Arum maculatum is commonly called arrow-root or starch-root, but the vulgar names cows and calves, and lords and ladies, are also known, though not so frequently used.

Translations

Arum maculatum — see Jack-in-the-pulpit