Pitcher — Defs

01 n. One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.

1.
One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.(Baseball)
2.
A sort of crowbar for digging.[Obs.]

02 n. 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.

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.
A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.(Bot.)

Phrases & compounds

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.