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A genus of American perrenial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

Estrange. Huntsman's cup (Bot.), the sidesaddle flower, or common American pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea).

me special adaptation for catching and digesting insects, as the sundew, Venus's flytrap, Sarracenia, etc.

age or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. 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, long…

plant with hollow leaves and curiously shaped flowers; -- called also huntsman's cup. See Sarracenia.

alled also trumpet flower. -- Trumpet leaf (Bot.), a name of several plants of the genus Sarracenia. -- Trumpet major (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. -- Trumpet marine (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; --…

A plant (Sarracenia flava) with long, hollow leaves.

One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.