pitcher plant
noun
: a plant (especially family Sarraceniaceae, the pitcher-plant family) with pitcher-shaped leaves in which insects are trapped and digested by means of a fluid secreted by the leaves
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Alabama’s pitcher plant bogs aren’t exactly a secret, but relatively few people have gotten a close look at their wonders. 
al, 15 Aug. 2022 The reserve encompasses around 9,300 acres, including pitcher plant bogs, hardwood forests and marshes. Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 11 July 2022 Now, that fateful discovery has led to the identification of a new species of pitcher plant, one that traps and eats bugs underground. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022 No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground. Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 July 2022 There are five different species of pitcher plant to be found, as well as other carnivorous species such as bladderworts and butterworts. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 9 Jan. 2022 It’s about water quality, it’s about public access to nature, it’s about ecological interconnection from the pitcher plant bogs of Splinter Hill to the last little islands before the river opens onto the Gulf of Mexico. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 9 Jan. 2022 The show’s playful look is like the sweet-smelling nectar of a pitcher plant, luring unsuspecting viewers into its welcoming cavity, only to plunge them into deeper, scarier emotions. The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2021 Each specimen—say, a species of pitcher plant from Florida or a deer mouse from arid New Mexico—is catalogued with a scientific name, a collection date and the place where it was collected, and often with other relevant information. Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2020 See More
al, 15 Aug. 2022 The reserve encompasses around 9,300 acres, including pitcher plant bogs, hardwood forests and marshes. Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 11 July 2022 Now, that fateful discovery has led to the identification of a new species of pitcher plant, one that traps and eats bugs underground. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022 No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground. Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 July 2022 There are five different species of pitcher plant to be found, as well as other carnivorous species such as bladderworts and butterworts. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 9 Jan. 2022 It’s about water quality, it’s about public access to nature, it’s about ecological interconnection from the pitcher plant bogs of Splinter Hill to the last little islands before the river opens onto the Gulf of Mexico. Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 9 Jan. 2022 The show’s playful look is like the sweet-smelling nectar of a pitcher plant, luring unsuspecting viewers into its welcoming cavity, only to plunge them into deeper, scarier emotions. The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2021 Each specimen—say, a species of pitcher plant from Florida or a deer mouse from arid New Mexico—is catalogued with a scientific name, a collection date and the place where it was collected, and often with other relevant information. Smithsonian Magazine, 26 June 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
1810, in the meaning defined above