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jack-in-the-pulpit definition

☆ jack·-in-the-pulpit (-po̵ol′pit)

noun pl. jack-in-the-pulpits -·pits

an American plant (Arisaema triphyllum) of the arum family, with a flower spike partly arched over by a hoodlike covering

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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