pitcher plant

noun

any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped.
the common pitcher plant, S. purpurea, having red or green leaves and a large, nodding, globular dull-red flower.
any of various insectivorous Old World plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leathery leaves each ending in a tendril that bears a lidded, pitcherlike receptacle.

pitcher plant

any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia , Darlingtonia , Nepenthes , and Cephalotus , having leaves modified to form pitcher-like organs that attract and trap insects, which are then digested See also huntsman's-cup

First recorded in 1810–20

He also found quantities of a pitcher plant, Nepenthes (which lives mainly on insects caught in its pitchers).

Sedges occur frequently, and the pitcher plant is very characteristic.

Was it not very water the pitcher-plant secreted from its heart, and stored for the weary traveller?

On one of the islands there is a wonderful plant called the pitcher plant.

In some of the forests of the tropics a large description of pitcher plant is found.

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