'Australian pitcher plant' definitions:
Definition of 'Australian pitcher plant'
(from WordNet)
noun
A carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia [syn: Australian pitcher plant, Cephalotus follicularis]
Definition of 'Australian pitcher plant'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]