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Pinguicula
(gcide) | Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat
fat, fattish.] (Bot.)
See Butterwort.
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Pinguicula
(gcide) | 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.
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pinguicula
(wn) | Pinguicula
n 1: butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous
bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn:
Pinguicula, genus Pinguicula] |
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Pinguicula
(gcide) | Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat
fat, fattish.] (Bot.)
See Butterwort.
[1913 Webster]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.
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genus pinguicula
(wn) | genus Pinguicula
n 1: butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous
bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn:
Pinguicula, genus Pinguicula] |
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