SARRACENIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sarracenia mean? 

• SARRACENIA (noun)
  The noun SARRACENIA has 1 sense:

1. pitcher plants

  Familiarity information: SARRACENIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SARRACENIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pitcher plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Sarracenia; Sarracenia

Hypernyms ("Sarracenia" 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 "Sarracenia"):

common pitcher plant; huntsman's cup; huntsman's cups; Sarracenia purpurea (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)

hooded pitcher plant; Sarracenia minor (yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood)

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

Holonyms ("Sarracenia" is a member of...):

family Sarraceniaceae; pitcher-plant family; Sarraceniaceae (insectivorous plants)