ALL meanings of pitcher plant
pitch·er plant
P p - noun pitcher plant 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. 1
- noun pitcher plant the common pitcher plant, S. purpurea, having red or green leaves and a large, nodding, globular dull-red flower. 1
- noun pitcher plant any of various insectivorous Old World plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leathery leaves each ending in a tendril that bears a lidded, pitcherlike receptacle. 1
- noun pitcher plant any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, Nepenthes, and Cephalotus, having leaves modified to form pitcher-like organs that attract and trap insects, which are then digested 0
- noun pitcher plant 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 0