pitcher plant
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1. any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | carnivorous plant, |
| definition | : | plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | hooded pitcher plant, sarracenia minor, |
| definition | : | yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | sun pitcher, |
| definition | : | any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers; trap and digest insects in pitcher-shaped leaves with spoon-shaped caps (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | tropical pitcher plant, |
| definition | : | any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | order sarraceniales, sarraceniales, |
| definition | : | plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae (noun.plant) |
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