arum vs jack-in-the-pulpit

jack-in-the-pulpit vs arum

arum and jack-in-the-pulpit both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
arum	Yes	No	No	No
jack-in-the-pulpit	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, jack-in-the-pulpit is a hyponym of arum; that is, jack-in-the-pulpit is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than arum:

arum: any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
jack-in-the-pulpit: common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

Other hyponyms of arum include Arum maculatum, cuckoopint, lords-and-ladies, Arum palaestinum, black calla, alocasia, elephant's ear, elephant ear, amorphophallus, Amorphophallus campanulatus, Amorphophallus paeonifolius, elephant yam, pungapung, telingo potato, Amorphophallus rivieri, devil's tongue, snake palm, umbrella arum, Amorphophallus titanum, krubi, titan arum, Arisaema atrorubens, Arisaema triphyllum, Indian turnip, wake-robin, Arisaema dracontium, green dragon, Arisarum vulgare, friar's-cowl, caladium, Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro, taro plant, Dieffenbachia sequine, dumb cane, mother-in-law's tongue, mother-in-law plant, dracontium, Dracunculus vulgaris, dragon arum, green dragon, nephthytis, malanga, spoonflower, tannia, Xanthosoma atrovirens, Xanthosoma sagittifolium, yautia.

arum (noun)	jack-in-the-pulpit (noun)
any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe	common American spring-flowering woodland herb having sheathing leaves and an upright club-shaped spadix with overarching green and purple spathe producing scarlet berries
starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root	common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum

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