ascidium
Webster Dictionary
a pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia)
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nepenthes
Webster Dictionary
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
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relief pitcher
(ɪˈlif)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a baseball pitcher brought into a game to replace another pitcher, often in a critical situation.
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sarracenia
Webster Dictionary
a genus of American perennial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant
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genus darlingtonia
(Darlingtonia, genus Darlingtonia)
Princeton's WordNet
one species: California pitcher plant
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genus cephalotus
(Cephalotus, genus Cephalotus)
Princeton's WordNet
one species: Australian pitcher plant
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darlingtonia
(Darlingtonia, genus Darlingtonia)
Princeton's WordNet
one species: California pitcher plant
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cephalotus
(Cephalotus, genus Cephalotus)
Princeton's WordNet
one species: Australian pitcher plant
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earned run average
(ɜrn)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a figure used to indicate the effectiveness of a baseball pitcher, obtained by calculating the average number of earned runs scored against the pitcher for every nine innings pitched.
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era
(earned run average, ERA)
Princeton's WordNet
(baseball) a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness; calculated as the average number of earned runs allowed by the pitcher for every nine innings pitched
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sarracenia minor
(hooded pitcher plant, Sarracenia minor)
Princeton's WordNet
yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
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hooded pitcher plant
(hooded pitcher plant, Sarracenia minor)
Princeton's WordNet
yellow-flowered pitcher plant of southeastern United States having trumpet-shaped leaves with the orifice covered with an arched hood
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huntsman's horn
(huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava)
Princeton's WordNet
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
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sarracenia flava
(huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava)
Princeton's WordNet
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
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huntsman's horns
(huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava)
Princeton's WordNet
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
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yellow trumpet
(huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava)
Princeton's WordNet
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
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yellow pitcher plant
(huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava)
Princeton's WordNet
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
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trumpets
(huntsman's horn, huntsman's horns, yellow trumpet, yellow pitcher plant, trumpets, Sarracenia flava)
Princeton's WordNet
pitcher plant of southeastern United States having erect yellow trumpet-shaped pitchers with wide mouths and erect lids
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plant
Webster Dictionary
to set firmly; to fix; to set and direct, or point; as, to plant cannon against a fort; to plant a standard in any place; to plant one's feet on solid ground; to plant one's fist in another's face
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jug
Webster Dictionary
a pitcher; a ewer
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water pitcher
Webster Dictionary
a pitcher for water
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battery
Webster Dictionary
the pitcher and catcher together
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box
Webster Dictionary
the square in which the pitcher stands
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pitcherful
Webster Dictionary
the quantity a pitcher will hold
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balk
Webster Dictionary
a deceptive gesture of the pitcher, as if to deliver the ball
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ewer
Webster Dictionary
a kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug; esp., one used to hold water for the toilet
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crock
Webster Dictionary
any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher
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jack
Webster Dictionary
a pitcher or can of waxed leather; -- called also black jack
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delivery
Webster Dictionary
the act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery
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urcelate
Webster Dictionary
shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla
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