california pitcher plant

2 definitions found

california pitcher plant - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 a large ear or handle.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
        leaves of certain plants.
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     American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See
        Sarracenia.
  
     Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a
        low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
        leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
        into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
        and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
        cockleshell.
  
     California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California.
        See Darlingtonia.
  
     Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the
        leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
        especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
        [1913 Webster]

california pitcher plant - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  California pitcher plant
      n 1: marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green
           flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings
           below [syn: California pitcher plant, Darlingtonia californica
           ]