Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plant of the genus Nepenthes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) See
nepenthes .
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Examples
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Consigning our newly acquired treasure to the keeping of the comprador, we sauntered forth in search of other discoveries, and were richly rewarded by finding several perfect specimens of the monkey-cup or pitcher-plant (_Nepenthes distillatoria_).
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 Various
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The leafless acacias are also found here, as well as the _Nepenthes distillatoria_ and the _Cephalotus follicularis_, two remarkable varieties of the monkey-cup or pitcher-plant; while many very beautiful ferns and flowering vines adorn the coasts and lave their graceful fringes in the blue ocean waves.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875 Various
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After making a few strokes, out flowed a perfectly white liquid, which John, kneeling down, caught in the monkey-cup.
On the Banks of the Amazon William Henry Giles Kingston 1847
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