pitcher plant

English

A crimson pitcher plant

Noun

pitcher plant (plural pitcher plants)

1. Any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, Heliamphora, Nepenthes, or Cephalotus that have pitcher-like leaves or parts of leaves with slippery sides that attract and trap insects.

Hyponyms

• (Nepenthes genus): monkey cup, nepenthes

Derived terms

• Albany pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis)
• American pitcher plants (Sarracenia spp.)
• Attenborough's pitcher plant
• Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis)
• California pitcher plant (Darlingtonia californica)
• common pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
• hooded pitcher plant (Sarracenia minor)
• North American pitcher plant (Sarracenia spp.)
• northern pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
• purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
• tropical pitcher plant (Nepenthes spp.)
• West Australian pitcher plant, Western Australian pitcher plant (Cephalotus follicularis)
• yellow pitcher plant (Sarracenia flave)

Translations

plant of the genus Sarracenia

• German: Schlauchpflanze (de) f
• Polish: kapturnica (pl) f

plant of the genus Nepenthes

• German: Kannenpflanze f
• Polish: dzbanecznik (pl) m

plant of the genus Darlingtonia

• German: Kobralilie f