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sarpanitu |
sarpedon |
sarplar |
sarplier |
sarpo |
sarracenia
| sarracenia flava
| sarracenia minor
| sarracenia purpurea
| sarraceniaceae
| sarraceniales
sarracenia
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sarracenia has 1 sense
- sarracenia(n = noun.plant) genus sarracenia - pitcher plants; Array is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
is a member of family sarraceniaceae, pitcher-plant family, sarraceniaceae
CIDE DICTIONARY
sarracenia, n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.].
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. [1913 Webster]
" 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; S. flava , rubra , Drummondii , variolaris , and psittacina are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See Illust . of Sidesaddle flower, under Sidesaddle ."
[1913 Webster]
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