Found in woody areas, this pitcher-shaped wild flower develops a stalk with a cluster of seeds at the top. From Wordnik.com. [Berries and Seeds] Reference
A pretty pitcher-shaped vessel ornamented with interlaced or cross lines forming a regular net-work. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428] Reference
A round-bottomed pitcher-shaped vessel, white ware with black lines; the colors are much faded, showing age. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Catalogue Of The Collections Obtained From The Indians Of New Mexico And Arizona In 1879 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 307-428] Reference
One allied to the gourd bears immense yellowish-white pendulous blossoms; another bears curious pitcher-shaped flowers. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty] Reference
According to the menu, a tandoor is a traditional pitcher-shaped clay oven used to cook meat and bread in ancient India. From Wordnik.com. [MailTribune.com Latest Headlines] Reference
A pitcher-shaped teapot of red micaceous ware, with handle; a row of projecting points around the middle, one-half of these (those on one side) having the tips notched. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained from the Indians of New Mexico in 1880 Second Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1880-81, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1883, pages 429-466] Reference
Of these plants, Nepenthes rafflesiana, which is abundant in northern Borneo, has pitcher-shaped leaves containing a sticky "saliva" that entraps the insects and prevents their escape. From Wordnik.com. [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference
Not only does this formative power triumph over all obstacles in producing its special symmetry, but it evolves countless variations of it from one germ of life – as in the pear-tree's lattice-work of little twigs, pillars of trunk and branch, flat oval leaves, round five-petalled flowers, pitcher-shaped calix, pointed seeds and fruit like a falling raindrop. From Wordnik.com. [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference
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