Sarracenian.
/sarəˈsiːnɪə/ Botany.
A genus of insectivorous plants, the type of the N.O. Sarraceniaceæ, to which belong many of the plants popularly known as pitcher-plants.
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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
1786 J. Abercrombie Arrangem. Plants 66 in Gardeners Daily Assistant Sarracenia, or side-saddle flower.
1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 370 Sarrasena is a native of the bogs of North America.
1796 C. Marshall Gardening (1813) xix. 360 Sarracena, or side-saddle flower.
1879 J. Lubbock Sci. Lect. i. 5 Sarracenia. In this genus some of the leaves are in the form of a pitcher.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 14 July 5/1 Great tropical carnivores like the beautiful Sarracenias.
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sarraˈceniad n. Lindley's name for a plant of this Order ( Veg. Kingd. 1846, p. 429).
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