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Pitcher plant   /pˈɪtʃər plænt/   Listen
Pitcher plant

noun
1.
Any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales.



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"Pitcher plant" Quotes from Famous Books



... another large green joint, the center of which he hollowed out. This he filled with water and set on the fire, where it would resist the action of the heat until the water in it boiled, just as I have seen water in a pitcher plant's leaf in America set on the coals of a blacksmith's fire and boiled vigorously. In this water he stewed some fresh young bamboo shoots, which make a most delicious kind of "greens," and finally made me from the wood a platter off which to eat and a knife and fork to eat with. ...
— Anting-Anting Stories - And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos • Sargent Kayme
... split another large green joint, the center of which he hollowed out. This he filled with water and set on the fire, where it would resist the action of the heat until the water in it boiled, just as I have seen water in a pitcher plant's leaf in America set on the coals of a blacksmith's fire and boiled vigorously. In this water he stewed some fresh young bamboo shoots, which make a most delicious kind of "greens," and finally made ...
— Anting-Anting Stories - And other Strange Tales of the Filipinos • Sargent Kayme


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