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California pitcher plant
(gcide) | Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
Beaker.]
1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
with a large ear or handle.
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2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
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American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See
Sarracenia.
Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a
low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
cockleshell.
California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California.
See Darlingtonia.
Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the
leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
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california pitcher plant
(wn) | California pitcher plant
n 1: marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green
flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings
below [syn: California pitcher plant, {Darlingtonia
californica}] |
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california pitcher plant
(wn) | California pitcher plant
n 1: marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green
flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings
below [syn: California pitcher plant, {Darlingtonia
californica}] |
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