nepenthes

[ ni-pen-theez ]

/ nɪˈpɛn θiz /

noun, plural ne·pen·thes.

nepenthe.

any of various tropical Asian and Australian pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leaves usually in the form of cylindrical tubes.

Origin of nepenthes

From New Latin; see origin at nepenthe

Words nearby nepenthes

Nepal, Nepalese, Nepali, Nepean, nepenthe, nepenthes, neper, nepeta, neph-, nephanalysis, Nephele

Example sentences from the Web for nepenthes

But, in Nepenthes, there is also a distinct secretion which digests 345 the bodies of the drowning insects.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot
But certain insects have somehow managed to educate their larv to resist the gastric juices of Nepenthes.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot
Theodore Zwinger, Sprengel, and others have supposed that the nepenthes of Homer was opium.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II|Arnold Cooley
I am delighted to hear that you are at work on Nepenthes, and I hope that you will have good luck.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II|Charles Darwin

Another, Nepenthes Edwardsiania, has a narrow pitcher twenty inches long; while the plant itself grows to a length of twenty feet.
The Malay Archipelago|Alfred Russell Wallace

单词	nepenthes
释义	nepenthes [ ni-pen-theez ] / nɪˈpɛn θiz / noun, plural ne·pen·thes. nepenthe. any of various tropical Asian and Australian pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leaves usually in the form of cylindrical tubes. Origin of nepenthes From New Latin; see origin at nepenthe Words nearby nepenthes Nepal, Nepalese, Nepali, Nepean, nepenthe, nepenthes, neper, nepeta, neph-, nephanalysis, Nephele Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nepenthes But, in Nepenthes, there is also a distinct secretion which digests 345 the bodies of the drowning insects. The Romance of Plant Life\|G. F. Scott Elliot But certain insects have somehow managed to educate their larv to resist the gastric juices of Nepenthes. The Romance of Plant Life\|G. F. Scott Elliot Theodore Zwinger, Sprengel, and others have supposed that the nepenthes of Homer was opium. Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II\|Arnold Cooley I am delighted to hear that you are at work on Nepenthes, and I hope that you will have good luck. More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II\|Charles Darwin Another, Nepenthes Edwardsiania, has a narrow pitcher twenty inches long; while the plant itself grows to a length of twenty feet. The Malay Archipelago\|Alfred Russell Wallace Words related to nepenthes anesthetic, opium, painkiller, dope, sedative, opiate, tranquilizer, heroin, merchandise, hard drug, junk, fix, hypnotic, soporific, stuff, analgesic, anodyne, downer, lenitive, laudanum
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nepenthes

noun, plural ne·pen·thes.

Origin of nepenthes

Words nearby nepenthes

Example sentences from the Web for nepenthes

Words related to nepenthes