English > pitcher plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales. |
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| Member of | Sarraceniales, order Sarraceniales | plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps |
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| Narrower | California pitcher plant, Darlingtonia californica | marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below |
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| common pitcher plant, huntsman's cup, huntsman's cups, Sarracenia purpurea | perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette |
| hooded pitcher plant, Sarracenia minor | yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood |
| huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava | pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids |
| sun pitcher | Any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers |
| tropical pitcher plant | Any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes |
| Broader | carnivorous plant | plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals |
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| Spanish | nepentáceas, plantas nepentáceas |
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| Catalan | nepentàcies, plantes nepentàcies |
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