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nepenthes

/ni-pen-theez/US // nɪˈpɛn θiz //

侄子,侄女,侄子们,侄儿

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ne·pen·thes.

    • : nepenthe.
    • : any of various tropical Asian and Australian pitcher plants of the genus Nepenthes, having leaves usually in the form of cylindrical tubes.

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Examples

  • Others are surprising without qualification, like Nepenthes, which dangle a water jug at the tip of every leaf.

  • He also found quantities of a pitcher plant, Nepenthes (which lives mainly on insects caught in its pitchers).

  • But certain insects have somehow managed to educate their larv to resist the gastric juices of Nepenthes.

  • But, in Nepenthes, there is also a distinct secretion which digests 345 the bodies of the drowning insects.

  • I am delighted to hear that you are at work on Nepenthes, and I hope that you will have good luck.