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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Nepenthes  \Ne*pen"thes\,  n.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?.  See  {Nepenthe}.] 
  1.  Same  as  {Nepenthe}.  --Milton. 
 
  2.  (Bot.)  A  genus  of  climbing  plants  found  in  India,  Malaya, 
  etc.,  which  have  the  leaves  prolonged  into  a  kind  of  stout 
  tendril  terminating  in  a  pitcherlike  appendage,  whence  the 
  plants  are  often  called  pitcher  plants  and  monkey-cups. 
  There  are  about  thirty  species,  of  which  the  best  known  is 
  Nepenthes  distillatoria  See  {Pitcher  plant}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Nepenthes 
  n  :  pitcher  plants  [syn:  {Nepenthes},  {genus  Nepenthes}] 




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