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BLADDERWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bladderwort mean? 

BLADDERWORT (noun)
  The noun BLADDERWORT has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animalsplay

  Familiarity information: BLADDERWORT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLADDERWORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bladderwort" is a kind of...):

carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)

Holonyms ("bladderwort" is a member of...):

genus Utricularia; Utricularia (bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution)


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