How to Use pitcher plant in a Sentence

pitcher plant

noun

• In the case of the pitcher plant mosquito, the trade turns out to be a good deal.
  — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
• The way a pitcher plant traps bugs shows them how to capture pests in a farm field.
  — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• The twist: the greenery was made up of live, carnivorous venus fly traps and pitcher plants.
  — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2023
• The giant Nepenthes rajah pitcher plant that can trap a rat?
  — Bryn Nelson /, NBC News, 14 June 2018
• Pity the insect that tumbles into a pitcher plant's trap.
  — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2016
• Hanging from the ceiling is a potted Asian pitcher plant, its long fleshy cups dangling over the pot’s edges, maws agape.
  — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
• Fire is the magic ingredient of a healthy longleaf forest, and a healthy pitcher plant bog.
  — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• In this new study, a team identified the odor molecules emanating from four types of pitcher plants.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
• No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 July 2022
• Now, that fateful discovery has led to the identification of a new species of pitcher plant, one that traps and eats bugs underground.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
• Who can sleep with the ethical conundrum of an active pitcher plant hobby?
  — Brian Howey, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
• The family lived for a while in a hut in Borneo, surrounded by pitcher plants, flowers the size of beanbag chairs, flying snakes and pygmy forest elephants.
  — Blair Braverman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
• Different kinds of Sarracenia pitcher plants tend to eat different kinds of insects — some species trap more ants, while others feast on bees and moths.
  — Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
• Here, Venus fly traps and pitcher plants combined with bright red Rosso Maraviglia vases in a captivating show that put the beauty and power of nature at the forefront.
  — ELLE Decor, 28 Apr. 2023
• One evolutionary step that has many biologists puzzled is where the pitcher plant leaf shape came from.
  — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2020
• When wet, the leaves of the pitcher plant are essentially friction-free: Insects slide down the surface into the interior, where the plant slowly digests them.
  — Gregory Mone, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2013
• After propagating the purple pitcher plant, those involved in the project reintroduce plants into the wild.
  — Sarah Jay, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
• While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant.
  — smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
• Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries.
  — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
• Liz Langley looks at other food storers, from pitcher plants to pelicans to chipmunks.
  — National Geographic, 7 Nov. 2019
• There are five different species of pitcher plant to be found, as well as other carnivorous species such as bladderworts and butterworts.
  — Lawrence Specker | [e-mail], al, 9 Jan. 2022
• Painter Marianne North's obsession with local Borneo vegetation led her to one of the most unusual and rare plants in the world: the flesh-eating pitcher plant, located deep in the forests of Kuching.
  — smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
• Multiple species of carnivorous pitcher plants that grow on the moist outskirts around longleaf forests have landed on the endangered species list, largely due to fire suppression.
  — Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
• Researchers found that the digestive enzymes are related to stress hormones in Cephalotus follicularis and three other species of pitcher plant.
  — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2017
• The reserve encompasses around 9,300 acres, including pitcher plant bogs, hardwood forests and marshes.
  — Margaret Kates | [e-mail], al, 11 July 2022
• Plants and animals featured in the exhibit include: Venus fly traps, pitcher plants, the panther chameleon, naked mole rats, leaf-cutter ants, electric eels, and the giant Pacific octopus, among others.
  — Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 24 Jan. 2018
• Now, researchers suggest pitcher plants emit various deadly concoctions of odors to attract different kinds of prey.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
• Alabama’s pitcher plant bogs aren’t exactly a secret, but relatively few people have gotten a close look at their wonders.
  — al, 15 Aug. 2022
• The researchers also found that a closely related pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana, lacked this mechanism.
  — Darren Incorvaia, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022
• These pitcher plants carry out a quirky version of their family’s strategies for surviving in a nutrient-poor environment.
  — Joanna Klein, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2018

Last Updated: 20 Aug 2024