Meaning Of The Word Butterwort

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butterwort in American English
any of a genus (Pinguicula) of the bladderwort family of small, stemless plants with flat, sticky leaves on which insects are trapped
noun: any small, carnivorous plant of the genus Pinguicula, having leaves that secrete a viscid substance in which small insects are caught

butterwort in British English
noun: 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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