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pitcher plant
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈpɪtʃ.ə ˌplɑːnt/ us /ˈpɪtʃ.ɚ ˌplænt/
one of several plants with leaves shaped like cups or tubes containing liquid, which attract insects and use them as food:
The most fascinating are the carnivorous pitcher plants.
The pitcher plant attracts, traps, and digests insects.
The leaves of pitcher plants form tubular or jug-shaped traps that are filled with fluid - the victims drown and are then digested.
The forest has the highest diversity of carnivorous plants in the world, among them pitcher plants, bladderworts, and sundews.
These pitcher plants demonstrate the pitfall trap: it is impossible to climb back out up the slippery slope.
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