but·ter·wort (b t  r-wûrt , -wôrt)n. Any of numerous carnivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula, having a rosette of basal leaves that are coated with a sticky secretion that traps small insects for digestion. |
butterwort [ˈbʌtəˌwɜːt]
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a plant of the genus Pinguicula, esp P. vulgaris, that grows in wet places and has violet-blue spurred flowers and fleshy greasy glandular leaves on which insects are trapped and digested: family Lentibulariaceae
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| Noun | 1. |  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 insectscarnivorous plant - plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals genus Pinguicula, Pinguicula - butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica |
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