SUN PITCHER

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Meaning:

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

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("sun pitcher" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("sun pitcher" is a member of...):

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

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