Pitcher plant is

Herbivorous

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Carnivorous

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Saprotroph

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All of the above

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Solution

The correct option is B Carnivorous
The pitcher plant is carnivores which having varied leaves (a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid) for trapping prey like insects. It is an act of capturing, killing and eating. Such plant traps insects to fulfil their nitrogen requirement. Whereas herbivorous is the organisms that feed plants only and saprotroph feed dead and decaying matter.
So correct answer is B.

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