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Definition of Australian pitcher plant

Australian pitcher plant
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. 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.

Meaning of Australian pitcher plant from wikipedia

- their hollow leaves. The Australian pitcher plant is the only member of the Australian genus Cephalotus. Nepenthes truncata Pitcher of Nepenthes villosa Foraging...
- this plant, which also include Western Australian pitcher plant, Australian pitcher plant, or fly-catcher plant. It is an evergreen herb that is endemic...
- (/nɪˈpɛnθiːz/ nih-PEN-theez) is a genus of carnivorous plants, also known as tropical pitcher plants, or monkey cups, in the monotypic family Nepenthaceae...
- count describes ploidy or numbers of chromosomes in the cells of various plants, animals, protists, and other living organisms. This number, along with...
- mirabilis "wonderful"), or the common swamp pitcher-plant and tropical pitcher plant, is a carnivorous plant species. By far the most widespread of all...
- which contains only one species, Cephalotus follicularis, the Australian pitcher plant. Biology portal Glossary of scientific naming Monophyly Mayr E...
- a rodent with various methods. Albany or Western Australian Pitcher Plant (Cephalotus) Pitcher plant (Nepenthes northiana) – kills and then digests frogs...
- ræˌfliːziˈɑːnə/; after Stamford Raffles), or Raffles' pitcher-plant, is a species of tropical pitcher plant. It has a very wide distribution covering Borneo...
- database for the Australian Plant Name Index Census of Freshwater Algae in Australia Australian Marine Algal Name Index Australian National Botanic Gardens...
- meaning "flask") is a very distinctive and widespread species of tropical pitcher plant, present in Borneo, the Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Peninsular Malaysia...