Usually means: Carnivorous plants with pitcher structures.
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  1. nepenthes: Merriam-Webster
  2. Nepenthes, nepenthes: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nepenthes: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Nepenthes: Vocabulary.com
  5. Nepenthes, nepenthes: Wordnik
  6. nepenthes: Wiktionary
  7. nepenthes: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Nepenthes, nepenthes: Dictionary.com
  9. Nepenthes: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Nepenthes: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. nepenthes: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. Nepenthes: Rhymezone
  13. Nepenthes: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. nepenthes: FreeDictionary.org
  15. nepenthes: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Nepenthes: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Nepenthes: World Wide Words

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  1. Nepenthes: Legal dictionary

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  1. Nepenthes: Encyclopedia

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  1. Nepenthes: Botanical Name listing of Plants

Definitions from Wiktionary (nepenthes)

noun:  A drug mentioned in Homer's Odyssey (c. 8th century B.C.E.) as bringing relief from anxiety or grief; hence, any drug or substance seen as bringing welcome forgetfulness or relief.
noun:  A Southeast Asian carnivorous plant of the genus Nepenthes; a monkey cup or tropical pitcher plant.

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