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but·ter·wort
(bŭt′ər-wûrt′, -wôrt′)n.
Any of numerous carnivorous plants of the genus Pinguicula, having a basal rosette of leaves coated with a sticky secretion that traps small insects.
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butterwort
(ˈbʌtəˌwɜːt)n
(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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but•ter•wort
(ˈbʌt ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)n.
any of various small carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula, of the bladderwort family, having leaves that secrete a sticky substance in which small insects are caught.
[1590–1600]
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Noun | 1. | ![]() carnivorous 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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