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Jack-in-the-pulpit

Definition: Jack-in-the-pulpit

Jack-in-the-pulpit

Noun

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.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Jack-in-the-pulpit

Synonyms: cuckoopint (n), lords-and-ladies (n), wake-robin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Jack-in-the-pulpit

English words defined with "jack-in-the-pulpit": Araceae, Arisaema dracontium, arum familyfamily Araceaegreen dragon. (references)

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Modern Translation: Jack-in-the-pulpit

Language Translations for "jack-in-the-pulpit"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

起重器在这讲坛. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

gevlekte aronskelk (cuckoo-pint, lords and ladies). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ack-in-the-pulpitjay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Jack-in-the-pulpit

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-i-i-j-k-l-n-p-p-t-t-u"

-5 letters: unathletic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Jack-in-the-pulpit


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 61 63 6B 2D 69 6E 2D 74 68 65 2D 70 75 6C 70 69 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01100001 01100011 01101011 00101101 01101001 01101110 00101101 01110100 01101000 01100101 00101101 01110000 01110101 01101100 01110000 01101001 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#45 &#105 &#110 &#45 &#116 &#104 &#101 &#45 &#112 &#117 &#108 &#112 &#105 &#116

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0061 0063 006B 002D 0069 006E 002D 0074 0068 0065 002D 0070 0075 006C 0070 0069 0074

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

446769771575801586747115828778827586

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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