Australian pitcher plant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Australian pitcher plant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Australian pitcher plant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Australian pitcher plant n a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia Synonym(s): Australian pitcher plant, Cephalotus follicularis
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pitcher \Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehh[be]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. 2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. {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}.