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2 SYLLABLES
jack-in-the-pulpit
/'dʒækɪn_ðə_'pʊlpɪt/ · dʒækɪnðəpʊlpɪt
Jack-in-the-pulpit has 2 syllables: jack-in-the-pul · pit.
jack-in-the-pul
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pit
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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.
noun. Common European arum with lanceolate spathe and short purple spadix; emerges in early spring; source of a starch called arum.
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