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Cephalotus follicularis
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 Halotus from wikipedia

- executed. Nero, who acceded to the throne, allowed Halotus to continue as chief steward and taster; Halotus served Nero until the latter's death in 68, and...
- allegedly killed by poison in AD 54, even though he had a food taster named Halotus. Tasters were sometimes coerced. Over history, presidents and royal families...
- Locusta prepared the toxin, which was served to the Emperor by his servant Halotus. Tacitus also writes that Agrippina arranged for Claudius' doctor Xenophon...
- before Britannicus could gain power. Some implicate either his taster Halotus, his doctor Xenophon, or the infamous poisoner Locusta as the administrator...
- was sprinkled on a mushroom and given to the emperor by his food-taster Halotus; when this poison appeared to be ineffectual, the doctor Gaius Stertinius...
- Philip described to the eunuch. The eunuch was baptized shortly thereafter. Halotus (c. 20–30 CE – c. 70–80 CE), servant to the Roman Emperor Claudius and...
- poison herbs. However, accounts of the way Claudius died vary greatly. Halotus, his taster, Gaius Stertinius Xenophon, his doctor, and the infamous poisoner...
- Emperor (12-41) Claudius, Roman Emperor (41-54) (lover of Mnester and Halotus) Nero, Roman Emperor (54-68) (lover of Sporus and Pythagoras) Galba, Roman...
- of the guard Basil Gill as Xenophon, Claudius' doctor Morland Graham as Halotus, master of Livia's household Everley Gregg as Domitia, Messalina's mother...
- Where's Sally? Polkinhome Fair Exchange Dr. Franz Schmidt 1937 I, Claudius Halotus, master of Livia's household 1939 Q Planes Captain of the Viking Uncredited...