| English Dictionary |
GENUS NEPENTHES
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Nepenthes mean?
• GENUS NEPENTHES (noun)
The noun GENUS NEPENTHES has 1 sense:
1. pitcher plants
Familiarity information: GENUS NEPENTHES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pitcher plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Nepenthes; Nepenthes
Hypernyms ("genus Nepenthes" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Nepenthes"):
tropical pitcher plant (any of several tropical carnivorous shrubs or woody herbs of the genus Nepenthes)
Holonyms ("genus Nepenthes" is a member of...):
family Nepenthaceae; Nepenthaceae (coextensive with the genus Nepenthes)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Who pats the chicken, eats the egg." (Albanian proverb)
"Where do you go, money? Where there is more." (Catalan proverb)
"With your hat in your hand you can travel the entire country." (Dutch proverb)