"pitcher plant" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: pitcher plants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} pitcher plant (plural pitcher plants)
  1. Any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, Heliamphora (in order Ericales); Nepenthes (in order Caryophyllales), or Cephalotus (in order Oxalidales) that have pitcher-like leaves or parts of leaves with slippery sides that attract and trap insects. Hyponyms (Nepenthes genus): monkey cup, nepenthes Translations (plant of the genus Darlingtonia): Kobralilie [feminine] (German) Translations (plant of the genus Nepenthes): Kannenpflanze [feminine] (German), dzbanecznik [masculine] (Polish) Translations (plant of the genus Sarracenia): Schlauchpflanze [feminine] (German), kapturnica [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pitcher_plant-en-noun-KOniPJYs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Carnivorous plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Ericales order plants, Oxalidales order plants Derived forms: Albany pitcher plant (taxonomic: Cephalotus follicularis), American pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia spp.), Attenborough's pitcher plant (taxonomic: Nepenthes attenboroughii), Australian pitcher plant (taxonomic: Cephalotus follicularis), California pitcher plant (taxonomic: Darlingtonia californica), common pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia purpurea), crimson pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia leucophylla), hooded pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia minor), North American pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia spp.), northern pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia purpurea), purple pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia purpurea), tropical pitcher plant (taxonomic: Nepenthes spp.), West Australian pitcher plant, Western Australian pitcher plant (taxonomic: Cephalotus follicularis), yellow pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia flave)

Inflected forms

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          "taxonomic": "Cephalotus follicularis",
          "word": "Albany pitcher plant"
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        {
          "taxonomic": "Sarracenia spp.",
          "word": "American pitcher plant"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Nepenthes attenboroughii",
          "word": "Attenborough's pitcher plant"
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          "taxonomic": "Cephalotus follicularis",
          "word": "Australian pitcher plant"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Darlingtonia californica",
          "word": "California pitcher plant"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Sarracenia purpurea",
          "word": "common pitcher plant"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Sarracenia leucophylla",
          "word": "crimson pitcher plant"
        },
        {
          "taxonomic": "Sarracenia minor",
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        },
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          "word": "tropical pitcher plant"
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      "word": "West Australian pitcher plant"
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      "sense": "plant of the genus Darlingtonia",
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