jack-in-the-pulpit
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- noun
- /ˈdʒæk ɪn ðə ˈpʌlpɪt/
- US
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cabeza de serpiente
- Plant growth appeared almost tropical, with ten-foot-high cow parsnips, ostrich ferns too dense to walk through, and a forest floor covered with jack-in-the-pulpit, Dutchman's-breeches, and lily of the valley.
Examples
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Like a jack-in-the-pulpit in April woods,
Fiction book (1995) -
If you take the Lake Lacawac Trail, you will encounter arrow arum and goldenclub, two plants related to Jack-in-the-pulpit.
Academic text (2011) -
Jack-in-the-pulpit, bunchberry, partridgeberry, mountain sorrel, purple trillium, and ground pine grow on the forest floor.
Academic text (1998) -
A less-knowing passerby wouldn't have picked out the jack-in-the-pulpit with its maroon hood from the shade at the side of the road, but Graham did.
Fiction book (2002) -
While hiking in the forest, we admired the beauty of the jack-in-the-pulpit flowers with their striking purple hoods.
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I spotted a beautiful jack-in-the-pulpit plant beside the stream, its bright red berries contrasting against the green leaves.
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During our nature walk, we learned about the jack-in-the-pulpit, a unique plant known for its distinctive hood-like flower.
Synonyms
A woodland plant from eastern North America with a central hooded flower and red berries
A North American woodland plant with leaves that have three parts and bright red berries
Surface Forms
Etymology
Jack-in-the-pulpit gets its name from the plant's look: the flower and its hood make it look like a little jack, 'man', standing inside a pulpit, 'church podium'. So the plant is called Jack-in-the-pulpit because its flower looks like a small person in a pulpit, which helps you remember and identify it.