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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.
Nepenthes
Nepenthes 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.
Nepenthes
Pitcher 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.

Meaning of Penthe from wikipedia

- Rura Penthe is the name of a fictional penal colony in the following works: A penal colony island in the 1954 Disney film 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea...
- belong to the genus Penthe: Penthe almorensis Penthe brevicollis Penthe ****ana Penthe javana Penthe obliquata (Fabricius, 1801) Penthe pimelia (Fabricius...
- only other species of Penthe in North America, Penthe obliqiuata, which exhibits a distinct, bright-orange scutellum. "Penthe pimelia Report". Integrated...
- Penthe obliquata, also known as the oblique polypore fungus beetle is a species of polypore fungus beetle in the family Tetratomidae. It is found in North...
- Klingon court and sentenced to life imprisonment on the frozen planetoid Rura Penthe. Gorkon's daughter Azetbur becomes the new chancellor and continues diplomatic...
- The Penthes Castle (French: Château de Penthes) is a castle in the muni****lity of Pregny-Chambésy, in the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is classified...
- Klingon dilithium mining planet of Rura Penthe. Kolos protests, and is himself sentenced to a year at Rura Penthe. Meanwhile, T'Pol uses irregular back-door...
- prefix nē- or ne-, in Gr**** νη- or νε-, that is also privative (e.g. ne-penthe). It is not to be confused with, among other things, an alpha co****tive...
- (1942), Caruba Wonder Woman (1942) 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954), Rura Penthe Vanji Kottai Valipan (1958) The Adventures of Batman (1968), Satan Island...
- directed by Satish Manwar. Gabhricha Paus has been produced by Prashant Penthe and released on 10 July 2009. The film is about the life of a farmer Kisna...