pitcher : Idioms & Phrases

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American pitcher plants

  • the species of Sarracenia. See Sarracenia.
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Australian pitcher plant

  • noun a carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia
    Cephalotus follicularis.
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  • the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell.
Webster 1913

California pitcher plant

  • noun marsh or bog herb having solitary pendulous yellow-green flowers and somewhat twisted pitchers with broad wings below
    Darlingtonia californica.
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  • the Darlingtonia California. See Darlingtonia.
Webster 1913

common pitcher plant

  • noun perennial bog herb having dark red flowers and decumbent broadly winged pitchers forming a rosette; of northeastern North America and naturalized in Europe especially Ireland
    huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea.
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cream pitcher

  • noun a small pitcher for serving cream
    creamer.
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hooded pitcher plant

  • noun yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
    Sarracenia minor.
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Ice pitcher

  • a pitcher adapted for ice water.
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left-handed pitcher

  • noun a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
    lefty; left-hander; lefthander; left hander; southpaw.
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molly pitcher

  • noun heroine of the American Revolution who carried water to soldiers during the Battle of Monmouth Court House and took over her husband's gun when he was overcome by heat (1754-1832)
    Mary McCauley; McCauley; Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley.
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Pitcher plant

  • noun any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales
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  • any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
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pitcher sage

  • noun California erect and sparsely branched perennial
    Salvia spathacea.
  • noun California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers
    Lepechinia calycina; Sphacele calycina.
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pitcher's mound

  • noun (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
    mound; hill.
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pitcher-plant family

  • noun insectivorous plants
    family Sarraceniaceae; Sarraceniaceae.
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pitcher-shaped

  • adjective satellite shaped in the form of a pitcher
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relief pitcher

  • noun a pitcher who does not start the game
    reliever; fireman.
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right-handed pitcher

  • noun (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand
    right-hander.
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starting pitcher

  • noun (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game
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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
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tropical pitcher plant

  • noun any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes
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water pitcher

Wa"ter pitch"er
Definitions
  1. A pitcher for water.
  2. (Bot.) One of a family of plants having pitcher-shaped leaves. The sidesaddle flower (Sarracenia purpurea) is the type.
Webster 1913

yellow pitcher plant

  • noun pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
    Sarracenia flava; trumpets; huntsman's horns; huntsman's horn; yellow trumpet.
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