Found 2 items, similar to Cephalotus follicularis.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Cephalotus follicularis
Cephalotus follicularis
n : carnivorous perennial herb having a red-brown-marked green
pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western
Australia [syn:
Australian pitcher plant]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Cephalotus follicularis
Pitcher
\Pitch"er\, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
Beaker.]
1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
with a large ear or handle.
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2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
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American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See
Sarracenia.
Australian pitcher plant, the
Cephalotus follicularis, a
low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
cockleshell.
California pitcher plant, the
Darlingtonia California.
See
Darlingtonia.
Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the
leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
especially the species of
Nepenthes. See
Nepenthes.
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