jack-in-the-pulpit

N ต้นไม้ เนื้ออ่อน พวก  Arisaema triphyllum

jack-in-the-pulpit

jack-in-the-pul pit ▶noun any of several small plants of the arum family, in particular: [● a North American arum with a green or purple-brown spathe. Genus Arisaema, family Araceae: three species, the woodland jack-in-the-pulpit (A. atrorubens ), the small (or swamp ) jack-in-the-pulpit (A. triphyllum ), and the northern jack-in-the-pulpit (A. stewardsonii ). ● another term for cuckoopint . ] ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because the erect spadix overarched by the spathe resembles a person in a pulpit.

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Jack-in-the-pulpit ▶noun either of two small plants of the arum family: ● another term for cuckoo pint ● a North American arum with a green or purple-brown spathe (Arisaema triphyllum, family Araceae ). ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: so named because the erect spadix overarched by the spathe resembles a person in a pulpit.