arisaema atrorubens

2 definitions found

arisaema atrorubens - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  jack-in-the-pulpit \jack-in-the-pulpit\ n.
     1. A common American spring-flowering woodland herb
        (Aris[ae]ma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an
        upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and
        purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called
        Indian turnip.
  
     Syn: Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema triphyllum,
          Arisaema atrorubens.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. A common European arum (Arum maculatum) with lanceolate
        spathe and short purple spadix; it emerges in early spring
        and is a source of a sagolike starch called arum.
  
     Syn: cuckoo-pint, cuckoopint, lords and ladies,
          lords-and-ladies, Arum maculatum.
          [WordNet 1.5]

arisaema atrorubens - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Arisaema atrorubens
      n 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 [syn: jack-in-the-pulpit, Indian turnip, wake- robin
           , Arisaema triphyllum, Arisaema atrorubens]