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Sweeten the Pot - Poker (gambling) and sarracenia (medicine)


Sweeten the Pot - Poker (gambling)


1) Raise. "Let' s sweeten the pot a little" means "I' m going to raise," and, in a no-limit game, generally portends a large raise.2) Ante again after an unopened deal in any game with opening requirements, as jacks or better. This phrase is more commonly heard in Home Games than in card rooms.

sarracenia (medicine)


sarracenia
<botany> A genus of American perrenial herbs growing in bogs; the American pitcher plant.

They have hollow pitcher-shaped or tubular leaves, and solitary flowers with an umbrella-shaped style. Sarracenia purpurea, the sidesaddle flower, is common at the North; S. Flava, rubra, Drummondii, variolaris, and psittacina are Southern species. All are insectivorous, catching and drowning insects in their curious leaves.

Origin: NL. So named after a Dr. Sarrazin of Quebec.

Source: Websters Dictionary