"pitcher plant" meaning in English

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Noun

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, Nepenthes, or Cephalotus that have pitcher-like leaves or parts of leaves with slippery sides that attract and trap insects. Wikipedia link: pitcher plant Categories (lifeform): Carnivorous plants, Caryophyllales order plants, Ericales order plants, Oxalidales order plants 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-N3Df1YpL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Derived forms: Albany pitcher plant (taxonomic: Cephalotus follicularis), American pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia spp.), Attenborough's pitcher plant, Australian pitcher plant (taxonomic: Cephalotus follicularis), California pitcher plant (taxonomic: Darlingtonia californica), common pitcher plant (taxonomic: Sarracenia purpurea), 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)

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