pitcher(-leaf)

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• Pitcher plant — Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants whose prey trapping mechanism features a deep cavity filled with liquid known as a pitfall trap. It has been widely assumed that the various sorts of pitfall trap evolved from rolled leaves, with selection… …   Wikipedia

• pitcher 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,… …   Universalium

• pitcher — 1. n. 1 a large usu. earthenware jug with a lip and a handle, for holding liquids. 2 a modified leaf in pitcher form. 3 (in pl.) broken pottery crushed and reused. Phrases and idioms: pitcher plant any of various plants, esp. of the family… …   Useful english dictionary

• pitcher — I. noun Etymology: Middle English picher, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin bicarius drinking cup Date: 13th century 1. a container for holding and pouring liquids that usually has a lip or spout and a handle 2. a modified leaf of a pitcher… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• pitcher — I. /ˈpɪtʃə / (say pichuh) noun 1. a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids. 2. Botany a. a pitcher like modification of the leaf of certain plants. b. → ascidium. –phrase 3. little pitchers have big… …  

• pitcher — pitcher1 pitcherlike, adj. /pich euhr/, n. 1. a container, usually with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids. 2. Bot. a. a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants. b. an ascidium. [1250 1300; ME picher < OF… …   Universalium

• pitcher — I pitch•er [[t]ˈpɪtʃ ər[/t]] n. 1) a container, usu. with a handle and spout or lip, for holding and pouring liquids 2) bot a pitcherlike modification of the leaf of certain plants • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME picher < OF pichier < ML… …   From formal English to slang

• Nepenthes rajah — Large lower pitcher of Nepenthes rajah. Mount Kinabalu, Borneo. Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Carnivorous plant — Insectivorous Plants redirects here. For the book by Charles Darwin, see Insectivorous Plants (book). Nepenthes mirabilis in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not …   Wikipedia

• Nepenthes ampullaria — Rosette pitcher of Nepenthes ampullaria from Bako National Park, Borneo Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• Caryophyllales — ▪ plant order Introduction   pink or carnation order of dicotyledonous flowering plants. The order includes 33 families, which contain more than 11,000 species in 692 genera. Nearly half of the families are very small, with less than a dozen… …   Universalium