About The Word Butterwort
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Butterwort
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What's The Definition Of Butterwort?
[n] 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
Synonyms | Synonyms for Butterwort: Related Terms | Find terms related to Butterwort: See Also | carnivorous plant | genus Pinguicula | Pinguicula Butterwort In Webster's Dictionary \But"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
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.
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