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PITCHER PLANT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pitcher plant" is a kind of...):
carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pitcher plant"):
common pitcher plant; huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea (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)
hooded pitcher plant; Sarracenia minor (yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood)
huntsman's horn; huntsman's horns; Sarracenia flava; trumpets; yellow pitcher plant; yellow trumpet (pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids)
California pitcher plant; Darlingtonia californica (marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below)
sun pitcher (any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers; trap and digest insects in pitcher-shaped leaves with spoon-shaped caps)
tropical pitcher plant (any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes)
Holonyms ("pitcher plant" is a member of...):
order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales (plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae)
