bladderwort

[ blad-er-wurt, -wawrt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of various plants of the genus Utricularia, including aquatic, terrestrial, and epiphytic forms throughout the world.

bladderwort

/ ˈblædəˌwɜːt /

any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia , some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae

First recorded in 1805–15; bladder + wort ²

The general idea of the bladderwort is exactly that of the eel-pots so common in some parts of the Thames.

One of the most curious enemies of our freshwater fishes is a small floating water-weed, the bladderwort.

As in the case of its cousinry a-land, the bladderwort at its leisure dines upon its prey.

Built on a very different model is the bladderwort, busy in stagnant ponds near the sea coast from Nova Scotia to Texas.

The bladderwort, reputed common on these marshes, seems to have become much scarcer than it was twenty years back.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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