pitcher plant
1Pitcher plant — Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. It has been widely assumed that the various sorts of pitfall trap evolved from rolled leaves, with selection… …
2Pitcher plant — Pitcher Pitch er, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. {Beaker}.] 1. A wide mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with …
3pitcher plant — n. any of various plants with slippery, pitcherlike leaves that contain a pool of enzymes that digest trapped insects; esp., any of a family (Sarraceniaceae, order Nepenthales) of dicotyledonous, New World plants that grow in swamps and bogs …
4pitcher plant — 1. any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped. 2. the common pitcher plant, S. purpurea,… …
5pitcher plant — noun any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales • Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous plant • Hyponyms: ↑common pitcher plant, ↑huntsman s cup, ↑huntsman s cups, ↑Sarracenia purpurea, ↑hooded pitcher plant …
6pitcher plant — noun Date: 1819 a plant (especially family Sarraceniaceae, the pitcher plant family) with leaves modified into pitchers in which insects are trapped and digested by means of liquids secreted by the leaves …
7pitcher plant — saracėnija statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Saracėnijinių (Sarraceniaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Sarracenia). atitikmenys: lot. Sarracenia angl. pitcher plant vok. Sarrazenie; Schlauchpflanze rus. саррацения lenk. kapturnica …
8pitcher plant — pitch′er plant n. pln any of various insectivorous bog plants of the family Sarraceniaceae, with hooded, pitcher shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped • Etymology: 1810–20 …
9pitcher plant — /ˈpɪtʃə plænt/ (say pichuh plant) noun any of various, often insectivorous, plants with leaves modified into a pitcher like receptacle or ascidium, often with a sticky liquid at the base in which insects are trapped, as in some species of… …
10pitcher plant — noun any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia, Nepenthes, or Darlingtonia that have pitcher like leaves with slippery sides that attract and trap insects …
