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jack-in-the-pulpit in American English
an American plant (Arisaema triphyllum) of the arum family, with a flower spike partly arched over by a hoodlike covering
noun: A North American plant, Arisaema triphyllum, of the arum family, having an upright spadix arched over by a green or striped purplish-brown spathe

jack-in-the-pulpit in British English
noun: an E North American aroid plant, Arisaema triphyllum, having a leaflike spathe partly arched over a clublike spadix

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