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Noun sarracenia has 1 senses

   sarracenia(n = noun.plant) genus sarracenia - pitcher plants;
is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
is a member of family sarraceniaceae, pitcher-plant family, sarraceniaceae


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sarracenia, n. [NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.].

   A genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant. [1913 Webster]
" 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; S. flava, rubra, Drummondii, variolaris, and psittacina are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves. See Illust. of Sidesaddle flower, under Sidesaddle." [1913 Webster]


[RELATED WORDS]

genus sarracenia, sarracenia flava, sarracenia minor, sarracenia purpurea