Heliamphora

noun

genus of pitcher plants of the Guiana Highlands in South America

• Syn: ↑genus Heliamphora

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Sarraceniaceae, ↑family Sarraceniaceae, ↑pitcher-plant family

• Member Meronyms: ↑sun pitcher

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\\ˌhēlēˈam(p)fərə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from heli- (from Greek helissein to roll, wind) + Latin amphora

: a genus of So. American pitcher plants (family Sarraceniaceae) native to the mountains of British Guiana and having scapes of nodding pink or white flowers