Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A remarkable genus of American pitcher-plants, natural order Sarraceniaceœ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the genus Darlingtonia of California
pitcher plants .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one species: California pitcher plant
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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Examples
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People oftentimes travel far to see curious plants like the carnivorous darlingtonia, the fly-catcher, the walking fern, etc.
Steep Trails John Muir 1876
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Here, too, you may find the curious but unlovable darlingtonia, a carnivorous plant that devours bumblebees, grasshoppers, ants, moths, and other insects, with insatiable appetite.
Steep Trails John Muir 1876
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