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NepenthesNepenthes Ne*pen"thes, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?. See Nepenthe.]
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. NepenthesPitcher Pitch"er, n. [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar,
pehh[=a]ri; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf.
Beaker.]
1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a
spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar
with a large ear or handle.
2. (Bot.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the
leaves of certain plants.
American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See
Sarracenia.
Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a
low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical
leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed
into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged
and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a
cockleshell.
California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California.
See Darlingtonia.
Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the
leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs,
especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes. Nepenthe
Nepenthe Ne*pen"the, n. [Fr. Gr. ? removing all sorrow; hence,
an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the
day; ? not + ? sorrow, grief.]
A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and
sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh.
Hence, anything soothing and comforting.
Lulled with the sweet nepenthe of a court. --Pope.
Quaff, O quaff this kind nepenthe. --Poe.
Meaning of Nepenthes from wikipedia
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Nepenthes are
currently recognised as valid. This
number is increasing, with
several new
species being described each year. The
genus name
Nepenthes was...
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Nepenthe /nɪˈpɛnθi/ (Ancient Gr****: νηπενθές,
nēpenthés) is a
possibly fictional medicine for
sorrow – a "drug of forgetfulness"
mentioned in ancient...
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rajah is
often referred to as the "King of
Nepenthes".
Click [show] to view a
botanical description of
Nepenthes rajah.
Latin description:
Folia mediocria...
- 1999
Nepenthes bicalcarata Hook.f., 1873
Nepenthes bokorensis Mey, 2009
Nepenthes bongso Korth., 1839
Nepenthes boschiana Korth., 1839
Nepenthes burbidgeae...
- 2009.
Nepenthes attenboroughii in the press. CPUK Forum,
August 19, 2009.
Giant Nepenthes Trip: Mt.
Victoria Philippines.
Leilani Nepenthes - Photo...
- used as toy
phallocrypts in New Guinea.
Nepenthes mirabilis has by far the
widest distribution of any
Nepenthes species and is
known from the following...
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species has a
small (2–5 cm)
pitcher similar in form to
those of
Nepenthes.
Unlike in
Nepenthes, in
Cephalotus follicularis the
petiole is
attached to the rear...
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Abstract (in ****anese) Oikawa, T. 1992.
Nepenthes ampullaria Jack. In: Muyū kusa –
Nepenthes (無憂草 –
Nepenthes). [The
Grief Vanishing.]
Parco Co., ****an...
- it is more
typically found at
around 800 m.
Nepenthes smilesii is
notable among the
Indochinese Nepenthes for
experiencing extreme lows of temperature...
- cave,
while we sta****
behind to
collect specimens of the
Nepenthes Lowii and the
Nepenthes Villosa. The
former is, in my opinion, the
loveliest of them...