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pitcherlike

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pitch⋅er

1[pich-er]
–noun
1. a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids.
2. Botany.
a. a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants.
b. an ascidium.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME picher < OF pichier < ML picārium, var. of bicārium beaker


pitch⋅er⋅like, adjective
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Word Origin & History

pitcher 
"earthen jug," c.1290, from O.Fr. pichier (12c.), altered from bichier, from M.L. bicarium, probably from Gk. bikos "earthen vessel" (see beaker). Pitcher-plant is recorded from 1819.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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