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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bladderwort \Blad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bladderwort n 1: any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn- shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals