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butterwort

[buht-er-wurt, -wawrt]

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noun

any small, carnivorous plant of the genus Pinguicula, having leaves that secrete a viscid substance in which small insects are caught.

Origin:
1590–1600; butter + wort²

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butterwort (ˈbʌtəˌwɜːt)

—n
	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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