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Definition of Cephalotus follicularis
1. Noun. A carnivorous perennial herb having a green pitcher and hinged lid both with red edges; western Australia.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Cephalotus, Genus Cephalotus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalotus Follicularis
Literary usage of Cephalotus follicularis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Horticultural Register by Sir Joseph Paxton, Joseph Harrison (1833)
"... thickly covered with small hlack spots ; whether these are the mouths of
vessels we cannot say. The next plant in order is the Cephalotus follicularis, ..."
2. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"Pitchers of Cephalotus follicularis.f—In continuation of his previous researches
on the morphology of the pitchers of pitcher- bearing plants, ..."
3. Gartenflora: Monatsschrift Fur Deutsche und Schweizerische Garten- und by Eduard Regel (1876)
"Die Sarracenia-Arten, Cephalotus follicularis. ... 4) Cephalotus follicularis
Labill. (Rosa- ceae). ..."
4. Magazine of Natural History edited by John Claudius Loudon, Edward Charlesworth, John Denson (1832)
"In Cephalotus follicularis there is no stem, save the flower scape, which is
leafless, and but from 1 to 2 ft. high; and although the leaves and pitchers of ..."