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Definition of Darlingtonia
1. Noun. One species: California pitcher plant.
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Sarraceniaceae, Pitcher-plant Family, Sarraceniaceae
Member holonyms: California Pitcher Plant, Darlingtonia Californica
Definition of Darlingtonia
1. n. A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.
Definition of Darlingtonia
1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Darlingtonia'' of California pitcher plants. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Darlingtonia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Darlingtonia
Literary usage of Darlingtonia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chapters in Modern Botany by Patrick Geddes (1893)
"CHAPTER I PITCHER PLANTS darlingtonia — Sarracenia—Origin of darlingtonia Pitchers—-
Insect-Catching—Other Relations to Insects — Minute Structure of these ..."
2. Physiological Botany by George Lincoln Goodale (1885)
"But Burnett regarded the tubes as closely analogous to the stomachs of animals.
Fto. 161. Pitcher of darlingtonia ..."
3. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences by California Academy of Sciences (1876)
"The stems of darlingtonia are generally marked with some ferruginous blotches,
which are due to the presence of a small fungus, which ha« been examined by ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1900)
"The darlingtonia grows at an altitude of 5000 feet on the Sierra Nevadas of ...
Young leaves oí darlingtonia. small pot which was inverted into a larger pot ..."
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