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HELIAMPHORA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America
Synonyms:
genus Heliamphora; Heliamphora
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Heliamphora" 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 "Heliamphora"):
sun pitcher (any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers; trap and digest insects in pitcher-shaped leaves with spoon-shaped caps)
Holonyms ("Heliamphora" is a member of...):
family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae (insectivorous plants)
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