'Arisaema atrorubens' definitions:
Definition of 'Arisaema atrorubens'
From: WordNet
noun
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]
Definition of 'Arisaema atrorubens'
From: GCIDE
- 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]