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pitcher plant

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables
pitcher -plant
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, Heliamphora (in order Ericales); Nepenthes (in order Caryophyllales), or Cephalotus (in order Oxalidales) that have pitcher-like leaves or parts of leaves with slippery sides that attract and trap insects.

Inflected Forms

pitcher plants (plural)

Phrases

Albany pitcher plant American pitcher plant Attenborough's pitcher plant Australian pitcher plant California pitcher plant common pitcher plant crimson pitcher plant hooded pitcher plant

Questions

What does pitcher plant mean?
Any of various insectivorous plants of the genera Sarracenia, Darlingtonia, Heliamphora (in order Ericales); Nepenthes (in order Caryophyllales), or Cephalotus (in order Oxalidales) that have pitcher-like leaves or parts of leaves with slippery sides that attract and trap insects.

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