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PITCHER PLANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pitcher plant mean? 

PITCHER PLANT (noun)
  The noun PITCHER PLANT has 1 sense:

1. any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarracenialesplay

  Familiarity information: PITCHER PLANT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PITCHER PLANT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)


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