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butterwort
but·ter·wort
/
ˈbʌt
ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt
/
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[
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
+
wort
2
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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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