| pitcher plant | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. pitcher plant | any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales. |
| ~ carnivorous plant | plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals. |
| ~ order sarraceniales, sarraceniales | plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae. |
| ~ common pitcher plant, huntsman's cup, huntsman's cups, sarracenia purpurea | perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland. |
| ~ hooded pitcher plant, sarracenia minor | yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood. |
| ~ huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, sarracenia flava, trumpets, yellow pitcher plant, yellow trumpet | pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids. |
| ~ california pitcher plant, darlingtonia californica | marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below. |
| ~ sun pitcher | any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers; trap and digest insects in pitcher-shaped leaves with spoon-shaped caps. |
| ~ tropical pitcher plant | any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes. |
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