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DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Darlingtonia californica mean? 

DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA (noun)
  The noun DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA has 1 sense:

1. marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings belowplay

  Familiarity information: DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DARLINGTONIA CALIFORNICA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California pitcher plant; Darlingtonia californica

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

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

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

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


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