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    PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Insectivorous plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "pitcher-plant family"):

    genus Sarracenia; Sarracenia (pitcher plants)

    Darlingtonia; genus Darlingtonia (one species: California pitcher plant)

    genus Heliamphora; Heliamphora (genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America)

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

    order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales (plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae)

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