Jack-in-the-pulpit
Definition of 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 century: so named because the erect spadix overarched by the spathe resembles a person in a pulpit