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Utricularia

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U`tric`u`la´ri`a
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium,
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Noun1.Utricularia - bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution
genus Utricularia
plant genus - a genus of plants
bladderwort family, family Lentibulariaceae, Lentibulariaceae - carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea
bladderwort - any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
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Among the submerged plants Utricularia vulgaris was growing in a few places only, while Potamogeton praelongus and Elodea canadensis were found mainly close to the western shore.
Spatial distribution of macrofossil assemblages in surface sediments ... by Koff, Tiiu; Vandel, Egert / Estonian Journal of Ecology
The bladderwort, or Utricularia purpurea, "is not like a bear trap," she says, but more like a terrarium.
The bladderwort: no ruthless microbe killer by Milius, S. / Science News
Jobson RW Morris EC and Burgin S (2000) Carnivory and nitrogen supply affect the growth of the bladderwort Utricularia uliginosa.
Feed the plant meat by Davidson, Steve / Ecos
 
 
 
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