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pitcher plant
(encz) | pitcher plant,špirlice n: [bot.] masožravá rostlina, latinsky
Sarracenia -pv- |
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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pitcher plant
(wn) | pitcher plant
n 1: any of several insectivorous herbs of the order
Sarraceniales |
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common pitcher plant
(encz) | common pitcher plant, n: |
hooded pitcher plant
(encz) | hooded pitcher plant, n: |
tropical pitcher plant
(encz) | tropical pitcher plant,láčkovka n: [bot.] masožravá rostlina, latinsky
Nepenthes -pv- |
yellow pitcher plant
(encz) | yellow pitcher plant, n: |
American pitcher plants
(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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
Australian 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
pitcher plants
(gcide) | Nepenthes \Ne*pen"thes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Nepenthe.]
1. Same as Nepenthe. --Milton.
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2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in tropical areas
of India, Malaya, Australia, etc., which have the leaves
prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a
pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called
pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty
species, of which the best known is {Nepenthes
distillatoria}. See Pitcher plant.
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australian pitcher plant
(wn) | Australian pitcher plant
n 1: a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and
hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia [syn:
Australian pitcher plant, Cephalotus follicularis] |
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}] |
common pitcher plant
(wn) | common pitcher plant
n 1: 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
[syn: common pitcher plant, huntsman's cup, {huntsman's
cups}, Sarracenia purpurea] |
hooded pitcher plant
(wn) | hooded pitcher plant
n 1: yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States
having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with
an arched hood [syn: hooded pitcher plant, {Sarracenia
minor}] |
tropical pitcher plant
(wn) | tropical pitcher plant
n 1: any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs
of the genus Nepenthes |
yellow pitcher plant
(wn) | yellow pitcher plant
n 1: pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect
yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect
lids [syn: huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, {yellow
trumpet}, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, {Sarracenia
flava}] |
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