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Darlingtonia
(gcide) | Darlingtonia \Dar`ling*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dr. William
Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn.] (Bot.)
A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single
species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and
frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of
the leaves.
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darlingtonia
(wn) | Darlingtonia
n 1: one species: California pitcher plant [syn: Darlingtonia,
genus Darlingtonia] |
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darlingtonia californica
(czen) | Darlingtonia californica,cobra lily[bot.] masožravá rostlina -pv- |
Darlingtonia California
(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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darlingtonia
(wn) | Darlingtonia
n 1: one species: California pitcher plant [syn: Darlingtonia,
genus Darlingtonia] |
darlingtonia californica
(wn) | Darlingtonia californica
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}] |
genus darlingtonia
(wn) | genus Darlingtonia
n 1: one species: California pitcher plant [syn: Darlingtonia,
genus Darlingtonia] |
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