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PITCHER-PLANT

\pˈɪt͡ʃəplˈant], \pˈɪt‍ʃəplˈant], \p_ˈɪ_tʃ_ə_p_l_ˈa_n_t]\

Definitions of PITCHER-PLANT

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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n. A plant of the genus Nepenthes, in which the leaves by curling and cohering form a kind of pitcher or basin, usually secreting a subacid liquid.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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