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jack-in-the-pulpit \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷(ˌ) ̷ ̷\ noun (plural jack-in-the-pulpits or jacks-in-the-pulpit) 1. : any of several plants of the genus Arisaema; especially : an American spring-flowering woodland herb (A. atrorubens) with sheathing leaves, an upright club-shaped spadix with open overarching green and purple spathe, and fruit consisting of a mass of bright scarlet berries — see green dragon 2 2. : turk's-cap lily b 3. : love-in-a-mist 1 4. : a figwort (Scrophularia californica) of western No. America with dull red flowers 5. : prairie wake-robin
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