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DARLINGTONIA

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One species: California pitcher plant

Synonyms:

Darlingtonia; genus Darlingtonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Darlingtonia" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Darlingtonia"):

California pitcher plant; Darlingtonia californica (marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below)

Holonyms ("Darlingtonia" is a member of...):

family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae (insectivorous plants)

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