How to Use pitcher plant in a Sentence

pitcher plant

noun
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  • In the case of the pitcher plant mosquito, the trade turns out to be a good deal.
    — Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2019
  • The way a pitcher plant traps bugs shows them how to capture pests in a farm field.
    — Lela Nargi, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The twist: the greenery was made up of live, carnivorous venus fly traps and pitcher plants.
    — Erik Maza, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The giant Nepenthes rajah pitcher plant that can trap a rat?
    — Bryn Nelson /, NBC News, 14 June 2018
  • Pity the insect that tumbles into a pitcher plant's trap.
    — Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2016
  • Hanging from the ceiling is a potted Asian pitcher plant, its long fleshy cups dangling over the pot’s edges, maws agape.
    — Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post, 3 July 2019
  • Fire is the magic ingredient of a healthy longleaf forest, and a healthy pitcher plant bog.
    — Ben Raines, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • In this new study, a team identified the odor molecules emanating from four types of pitcher plants.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 24 Apr. 2023
  • No other species of pitcher plant known to science catches its prey underground.
    — Katie Hunt, CNN, 1 July 2022
  • Now, that fateful discovery has led to the identification of a new species of pitcher plant, one that traps and eats bugs underground.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 July 2022
  • Who can sleep with the ethical conundrum of an active pitcher plant hobby?
    — Brian Howey, WIRED, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The family lived for a while in a hut in Borneo, surrounded by pitcher plants, flowers the size of beanbag chairs, flying snakes and pygmy forest elephants.
    — Blair Braverman, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2020
  • Different kinds of Sarracenia pitcher plants tend to eat different kinds of insects — some species trap more ants, while others feast on bees and moths.
    — Kate Golembiewski, CNN, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Here, Venus fly traps and pitcher plants combined with bright red Rosso Maraviglia vases in a captivating show that put the beauty and power of nature at the forefront.
    — ELLE Decor, 28 Apr. 2023
  • One evolutionary step that has many biologists puzzled is where the pitcher plant leaf shape came from.
    — Leslie Nemo, Discover Magazine, 28 Oct. 2020
  • When wet, the leaves of the pitcher plant are essentially friction-free: Insects slide down the surface into the interior, where the plant slowly digests them.
    — Gregory Mone, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2013
  • After propagating the purple pitcher plant, those involved in the project reintroduce plants into the wild.
    — Sarah Jay, Discover Magazine, 17 Dec. 2021
  • While the carnivorous cravings of most flesh-eating plants are limited to small insects, one exception is the pitcher plant.
    — smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • But what about the eastern US native purple pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea)?
    — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Southwards, the coast yields to low stands of dwarf birch and willow, sphagnum bogs of arctic cotton grass, pitcher plants, blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries.
    — Juliana Hanle, Scientific American, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Liz Langley looks at other food storers, from pitcher plants to pelicans to chipmunks.
    — National Geographic, 7 Nov. 2019
  • There are five different species of pitcher plant to be found, as well as other carnivorous species such as bladderworts and butterworts.
    — Lawrence Specker | [email protected], al, 9 Jan. 2022
  • Painter Marianne North's obsession with local Borneo vegetation led her to one of the most unusual and rare plants in the world: the flesh-eating pitcher plant, located deep in the forests of Kuching.
    — smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Multiple species of carnivorous pitcher plants that grow on the moist outskirts around longleaf forests have landed on the endangered species list, largely due to fire suppression.
    — Jamie Dickman, Popular Science, 14 June 2023
  • Researchers found that the digestive enzymes are related to stress hormones in Cephalotus follicularis and three other species of pitcher plant.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 7 Feb. 2017
  • The reserve encompasses around 9,300 acres, including pitcher plant bogs, hardwood forests and marshes.
    — Margaret Kates | [email protected], al, 11 July 2022
  • Plants and animals featured in the exhibit include: Venus fly traps, pitcher plants, the panther chameleon, naked mole rats, leaf-cutter ants, electric eels, and the giant Pacific octopus, among others.
    — Megan Becka, cleveland.com, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Now, researchers suggest pitcher plants emit various deadly concoctions of odors to attract different kinds of prey.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2023
  • Alabama’s pitcher plant bogs aren’t exactly a secret, but relatively few people have gotten a close look at their wonders.
    — al, 15 Aug. 2022
  • The researchers also found that a closely related pitcher plant, Nepenthes rafflesiana, lacked this mechanism.
    — Darren Incorvaia, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2022

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