Saint-Jacob's-dipper

noun

Saint-Ja·​cob's-dipper

-¦jākəbz¦-

: pitcher plant sense a

Word History

Etymology

probably after the Hebrew patriarch Jacob who first met his future wife Rachel by a well (Genesis 29:9 ff.)

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