huntsman-cup

hunts·man's-cup

[huhnts-muhnz-kuhp]
noun
a common pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea.

Origin:
1840–50

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huntsman's-cup
 
n
(US) any of various pitcher plants of the genus Sarracenia, whose leaves are modified to form tubular pitchers

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