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Sarracenia
‖
Sarˊra-ce′ni-a
,p
rop.
Noun.
[NL. So named after a Dr.
Sarrazin
of Quebec.] (Bot.)
A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.
☞ They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style.
Sarracenia purpurea
, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; Sarracenia flava
, Sarracenia rubra
, Sarracenia Drummondii
, Sarracenia variolaris
, and Sarracenia psittacina
are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See Illust
. of Sidesaddle flower, under Sidesaddle
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Sarracenia
Sarracenia
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Translingual
Proper noun
Sarracenia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Sarraceniaceae – pitcher plants.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids - clades; Ericales - order; Sarraceniaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sarracenia purpurea; for other species see
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sarracenia
See also: Sarracenia
English
Sarracenia species and hybrids
Noun
Wikispecies sarracenia (plural sarracenias)
- Any of various pitcher plants of genus Sarracenia.