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GENUS SARRACENIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pitcher plants
Synonyms:
genus Sarracenia; Sarracenia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Sarracenia" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sarracenia"):
common pitcher plant; huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea (perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland)
hooded pitcher plant; Sarracenia minor (yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood)
huntsman's horn; huntsman's horns; Sarracenia flava; trumpets; yellow pitcher plant; yellow trumpet (pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids)
Holonyms ("genus Sarracenia" is a member of...):
family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae (insectivorous plants)
