- 1. n. Same as Nepenthe. Source: opted
- 2. n. A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant. Source: opted
- 3. 1. Same as Nepenthe. Milton. 2. (Bot.) A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., which have the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating in a pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcher plants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which the best known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant. Source: webster
- 4. A genus of climbing plants found in India, Malaya, etc., whichhave the leaves prolonged into a kind of stout tendril terminating ina pitcherlike appendage, whence the plants are often called pitcherplants and monkey-cups. There are about thirty species, of which thebest known is Nepenthes distillatoria. See Pitcher plant. Source: adambom
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