COMMON PITCHER PLANT

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Meaning:

Perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland

Synonyms:

common pitcher plant; huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("common pitcher plant" is a kind of...):

pitcher plant (any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales)

Holonyms ("common pitcher plant" is a member of...):

genus Sarracenia; Sarracenia (pitcher plants)

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