darlingtonia

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darlingtonia - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Darlingtonia \Dar`ling*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. Named after Dr. William
     Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn.] (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.
     [1913 Webster]

darlingtonia - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Darlingtonia
      n 1: one species: California pitcher plant [syn: Darlingtonia,
           genus Darlingtonia]