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Pinguicula

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Pin`guic´u`la
n.1.(Bot.) See Butterwort.
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Noun1.Pinguicula - butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plantsPinguicula - butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica
genus Pinguicula
plant genus - a genus of plants
bladderwort family, family Lentibulariaceae, Lentibulariaceae - carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea
butterwort - any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
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PINGUICULA GRANDIFLORA Flies are the main food for these plants and droseras and pinguicula catch them with superstrong insect glue and sheer muscle power.
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