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

Examples of pitcher plant in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Bats use echolocation to identify roosting sites, and their senses usually lead them to an unlikely choice—carnivorous pitcher plants. —Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024

This education and research site has several trails that pass through wetlands, forests, marshes, and bogs (including one for pitcher plants). —Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024

This will be any carnivorous plant, like Venus fly trap and pitcher plants. —Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2024

Carnivorous plants have evolved all kinds of traps and tricks to capture their prey, from the snapping jaws of Venus flytraps to the slippery walls of pitcher plants. —Bykevin McLean, science.org, 13 Feb. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1810, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for pitcher plant

• confidante
• interplant
• sycophant
• ant
• aunt
• cant
• chant
• gant
• lant
• pant
• quant
• rant

Kids Definition

pitcher plant

noun

: any of various plants with modified leaves which form a tube resembling a pitcher for catching and digesting insects