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pitcher plant  The insect traps of North American pitcher plants are modified leaves. Insects are lured into the pitchers by sweet secretions and then tumble into the fluid at the base, where they drown and are slowly digested. | Any of various insectivorous plants, the leaves of which are shaped like a pitcher and filled with a fluid that traps and digests insects. (Genera especially Nepenthes and Sarracenia, family Sarraceniaceae.) |
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