pitcher-shaped

Found in woody areas, this pitcher-shaped wild flower develops a stalk with a cluster of seeds at the top.

Berries and Seeds 2010

The "converter" is a huge pitcher-shaped vessel, hung upon trunnions so as to be tilted, and it is usual to admit through these trunnions, by means of a continuing pipe, the stream of air.

Steam, Steel and Electricity James W. Steele

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.

The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing 1917

One allied to the gourd bears immense yellowish-white pendulous blossoms; another bears curious pitcher-shaped flowers.

The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty Francis Edward Younghusband 1902

Hildegarde pulled the transparent stems of jewel-weed, with their glowing, pitcher-shaped blossoms, and twined them into a garland, which she hung over the bow of the canoe.

Hildegarde's Neighbors Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards 1896

_Leaves: _ Hollow, pitcher-shaped through the folding together of their margins, leaving a broad wing; much inflated, hooded, yellowish green with dark maroon or purple lines and veinings, 4 to 12 in. long, curved, in a tuft from the root.

Wild Flowers Worth Knowing Neltje Blanchan 1891

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.

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 James Stevenson 1864

Small pitcher-shaped cooking pot with handle and crenulate margin.

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 James Stevenson 1864

A pretty pitcher-shaped vessel ornamented with interlaced or cross lines forming a regular net-work.

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 James Stevenson 1864

I especially noticed _Aristolochia saccata, _ which climbs the loftiest trees, bearing its curious pitcher-shaped flowers near the ground only; its leaves are said to be good food for cattle.

Himalayan Journals — Complete 1864