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butterwort
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun butterwort has 1 sense
- butterwort(n = noun.plant) Array - 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; Array is a kind of carnivorous plant
is a member of genus pinguicula, pinguicula
CIDE DICTIONARY
butterwort, n.
A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula ) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
butterwort, n. any bog plant of the genus Pinguicula, esp. P. vulgaris with violet-like flowers and fleshy leaves that secrete a fluid to trap small insects for nutrient.
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