pitcher-plant family


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Noun1.pitcher-plant family - insectivorous plants
dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
order Sarraceniales, Sarraceniales - plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae
genus Sarracenia, Sarracenia - pitcher plants
Darlingtonia, genus Darlingtonia - one species: California pitcher plant
genus Heliamphora, Heliamphora - genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America
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