'Sarracenia flava' definitions:
Definition of 'Sarracenia flava'
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noun
Pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids [syn: huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava]
Definition of 'Sarracenia flava'
From: GCIDE
- Trumpets \Trump"ets\, n. pl. (Bot.) A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sarracenia flava'
From: GCIDE
- Sarracenia \Sar`ra*ce"ni*a\, prop. n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.] (Bot.) A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. [1913 Webster]
- Note: They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; Sarracenia flava, Sarracenia rubra, Sarracenia Drummondii, Sarracenia variolaris, and Sarracenia psittacina are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See Illust. of Sidesaddle flower, under Sidesaddle. [1913 Webster] Sarrasin