jack-in-the-pulpit

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: jack-in-the-pul=pit

CIDE DICTIONARY

jack-in-the-pulpit, n. 

•  A common American spring-flowering woodland herb (Arisæma triphyllum) having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries; also called Indian turnip.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  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.  [WordNet 1.5]