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‖ Sarracenia Bot.|særəˈsiːnɪə|
Also 8 sarracena, -sena.
[mod.L.; orig. Sarracēna (Tournefort 1700, after Dr. D. Sarrazin of Quebec who sent him the plant).]
A genus of insectivorous plants, the type of the N.O. Sarraceniaceæ, to which belong many of the plants popularly known as pitcher-plants. Hence sarraˈceniad, Lindley's name for a plant of this Order (Veg. Kingd. 1846, p. 429).
1786Abercrombie Arrangem. 66 in Gard. Assist., Sarracenia, or side-saddle flower. 1796C. Marshall Gardening xix. (1813) 370 Sarrasena is a native of the bogs of North America. Ibid. 360 Sarracena, or side-saddle flower. 1879Lubbock Sci. Lect. i. 5 Sarracenia. In this genus some of the leaves are in the form of a pitcher. 1884Pall Mall G. 14 July 5/1 Great tropical carnivores like the beautiful Sarracenias. |