'Nepenthes distillatoria' definitions:

Definition of 'Nepenthes distillatoria'

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  • Nepenthes \Ne*pen"thes\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Nepenthe.]
  • 1. Same as Nepenthe. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in tropical areas of India, Malaya, Australia, 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. [1913 Webster]