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Butterwort

Butterwort Meaning & Definition
Butterwort Definition And Meaning

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

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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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