pitcher plant

noun

Definition of PITCHER PLANT

: a plant (especially family Sarraceniaceae, the pitcher-plant family) with pitcher-shaped leaves in which insects are trapped and digested by means of a fluid secreted by the leaves

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First Known Use of PITCHER PLANT

1819

Rhymes with PITCHER PLANT

adamant, commandant, complaisant, confidant, confidante, cormorant, corposant, Corybant, covenant, dilettante, disenchant, gallivant, hierophant, interplant, power plant, rubber plant, spider plant, sycophant

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