HyperDic: pitcher-plant_family

English > 1 sense of the expression pitcher-plant family:
NOUNplantpitcher-plant family, Sarraceniaceae, family Sarraceniaceaeinsectivorous plants
English > pitcher-plant family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninginsectivorous plants.
SynonymsSarraceniaceae, family Sarraceniaceae
Member ofSarraceniales, order Sarracenialesplants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps
MembersDarlingtonia, genus DarlingtoniaOne species
Heliamphora, genus Heliamphoragenus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America
Sarracenia, genus Sarraceniapitcher plants
Broaderdicot family, magnoliopsid familyfamily of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishsarraceniáceas
Catalansarraceniaceae

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