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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
noun
- See huntsman's-cupany 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
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The small greenhouse creates the perfect climate for raising succulents, moss, fern, cacti and even Venus fly traps or pitcher plants.
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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