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SUN PITCHER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sun pitcher mean?
• SUN PITCHER (noun)
The noun SUN PITCHER has 1 sense:
1. 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
Familiarity information: SUN PITCHER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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
Classified under:
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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