Dictionary  pitch'er plant"1. any of various insectivorous New World bog plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, and Heliamphora, having tubular or trumpet-shaped leaves containing a liquid in which insects are trapped. 2. the common pitcher plant, S. purpurea, having red or green leaves and a large, nodding, globular dull-red flower. 3. any of various insectivorous Old World plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leathery leaves each ending in a tendril that bears a lidded, pitcherlike receptacle. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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