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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica;
[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. [1913 Webster]
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]