Usually means: Flowering plant with hooded spathe.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word Jack-in-the-pulpit:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. jack-in-the-pulpit: Merriam-Webster
  2. jack-in-the-pulpit: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. jack-in-the-pulpit: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. jack-in-the-pulpit, jack-in-the-pulpit: Collins English Dictionary
  5. jack-in-the-pulpit: Vocabulary.com
  6. jack-in-the-pulpit: Wordnik
  7. Jack-in-the-pulpit, jack-in-the-pulpit: Wiktionary
  8. jack-in-the-pulpit: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. jack-in-the-pulpit: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Jack-in-the-pulpit, jack-in-the-pulpit: Dictionary.com
  11. jack-in-the-pulpit: Rhymezone
  12. jack-in-the-pulpit: FreeDictionary.org
  13. jack-in-the-pulpit: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. jack-in-the-pulpit: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. jack-in-the-pulpit: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. jack-in-the-pulpit: Medical dictionary
  2. University of Maryland Glossary of Medical Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Jack-in-the-pulpit)

noun:  A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.
noun:  A plant native to eastern North America, Arisaema triphyllum.
noun:  Any plant in the genus Arisaema.
noun:  (games) Cat's cradle.
noun:  Alternative form of Jack-in-the-pulpit [A plant native to woodlands of northern Europe, Arum maculatum.]

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