sun pitcher

sun pitcher
noun
any of several herbs of Guiana highlands having racemes of nodding white or pink flowers; trap and digest insects in pitcher-shaped leaves with spoon-shaped caps
Hypernyms: ↑pitcher plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Heliamphora, ↑genus Heliamphora

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