| 单词 | monkey-cup |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmonkey-cup monkey-cup n. Indian English a pitcher plant of the chiefly Asian genus Nepenthes (family Nepenthaceae); cf. nepenthes n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > insectivorous plants > [noun] > pitcher-plants distillatory plant1707 side-saddle flower1718 nepenthes1754 Sarracenia1786 monkey-cup1810 pitcher plant1810 Indian cup1823 nepenth1846 water pitcher1847 huntsman's cup1848 side-saddle plant1861 trumpet-leaf1861 trumpet1884 1810 M. Graham Jrnl. Resid. India (1813) 105 I was delighted to find the pitcher-plant, Nepenthes distillatoria, or, as it is here called, the monkey cup. It creeps along the ground, and is mostly found in sandy soils. 1870 Harper's Mag. Mar. 512 In India..flowers afford the denizens of the forest natural reservoirs, which are named, for those who use them the most, monkey-cups. 1994 M. Griffiths Index Garden Plants 779/2 N[epenthes] mirabilis (Lour.) Druce. Monkey cup. < as lemmas |
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