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Noun: common pitcher plant
  1. 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

Derived forms: common pitcher plants

Type of: pitcher plant

Part of: genus Sarracenia, Sarracenia