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[syn: Pinguicula, genus Pinguicula]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat
fat, fattish.] (Bot.)
See Butterwort.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Butterwort \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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Pinguicula
n 1: butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous
bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn:
Pinguicula, genus Pinguicula]