Definitions for jack-in-the-pulpit

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jack-in-the-pulpit jack-in-the-pul·pit

Spelling: [jak-in-th uh-poo l

IPA: /ˈdʒæk ɪn ðəˈpʊl pɪt, -ˈpʌl-/

Jack-In-The-Pulpit is a 18 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 1459 anagrams from letters in jack-in-the-pulpit (---acehiijklnppttu).

Definitions for jack-in-the-pulpit

noun

1. A North American plant, Arisaema triphyllum, of the arum family, having an upright spadix arched over by a green or striped purplish-brown spathe.

Origin of jack-in-the-pulpit

An Americanism dating back to 1840-50

Examples for jack-in-the-pulpit

We do not want the jack-in-the-pulpit to disappear from our woods.

Betty never failed to visit a part of the grounds devoted to wild flowers, including May-apples and jack-in-the-pulpit.

Very striking examples of this reaction are offered by the awakening corms of the jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisma triphyllum).

So that's how the jack-in-the-pulpit saved the rabbit and very thankful Uncle Wiggily was.

Dear jack-in-the-pulpit: I am a little boy just six years old.

jack-in-the-pulpit is a wild cousin of the over-civilized calla lily.

Have you any house plant that you think is related to jack-in-the-pulpit?

I'm neither a bird nor a human being, you see; I'm only jack-in-the-pulpit.

But he couldn't see Uncle Wiggily because he was safely hidden in the jack-in-the-pulpit.

But of all the names for this strange little wood plant, I like jack-in-the-pulpit best.