HyperDic: huntsman[s_cup

English > 1 sense of the expression huntsman's cup:
NOUNplanthuntsman's cup, common pitcher plant, huntsman's cups, Sarracenia purpureaperennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette
English > huntsman's cup: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland.
Synonymscommon pitcher plant, huntsman's cups, Sarracenia purpurea
Member ofSarracenia, genus Sarraceniapitcher plants
Broaderpitcher plantAny of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales

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