What does jack-in-the-pulpit mean?
• JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT (noun) The noun JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT has 2 senses: 1. common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries 2. common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum Familiarity information: JACK-IN-THE-PULPIT used as a noun is rare.
