bladderwort

blad·der·wort  (bldr-wûrt, -wôrt)

n.

Any of various mostly aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia, having small, specialized, urn-shaped bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.

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bladderwort [ˈblædəˌwɜːt]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae

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Noun

1.

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 carnivorous plant - plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals genus Utricularia, Utricularia - bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution