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PITCHER-PLANT FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Insectivorous plants
Synonyms:
family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("pitcher-plant family" is a kind of...):
dicot family; magnoliopsid family (family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "pitcher-plant family"):
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)
Holonyms ("pitcher-plant family" is a member of...):
order Sarraceniales; Sarraceniales (plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae)
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