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PITCHERS
Noun
pitchers
plural of pitcher
Anagrams
• chipster, pritches
Proper noun
Pitchers
plural of Pitcher
Anagrams
• chipster, pritches
Source: Wiktionary
PITCHER
Pitch"er, n.
1. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
2. A sort of crowbar for digging. [Obs.] Mortimer.
Pitch"er, n. Etym: [OE. picher, OF. pichier, OHG. pehhar, pehhari; prob. of the same origin as E. beaker. Cf. Beaker.]
1. A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. American pitcher plants, the species of Sarracenia. See Sarracenia.
– Australian pitcher plant, the Cephalotus follicularis, a low saxifragaceous herb having two kinds of radical leaves, some oblanceolate and entire, others transformed into little ovoid pitchers, longitudinally triple-winged and ciliated, the mouth covered with a lid shaped like a cockleshell.
– California pitcher plant, the Darlingtonia California. See Darlingtonia.
– Pitcher plant, any plant with the whole or a part of the leaves transformed into pitchers or cuplike organs, especially the species of Nepenthes. See Nepenthes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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