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pitcher plant 
an herb, Sarracenia purpurea, whose leaves form into pitcher-shaped receptacles that entrap insects, adopted as the floral emblem of Newfoundland.
See also: Indian cup
- 1819 Another still more remarkable plant, found in the woods of Newfoundland, is the Saracenia, commonly called side-saddle flower, or pitcher-plant.
- 1898 Our days were spent driving about among the hills, or strolling through the maple woods, or down into the swamp, where the pitcher plants and the swamp lilies and the marigold waved above the deep moss.
- 1965 Newfoundland: The Pitcher Plant was recommended by Queen Victoria, adopted in 1954.
- 1819 Another still more remarkable plant, found in the woods of Newfoundland, is the Saracenia, commonly called side-saddle flower, or pitcher-plant.