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BUTTERWORT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does butterwort mean? 

BUTTERWORT (noun)
  The noun BUTTERWORT has 1 sense:

1. any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insectsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


BUTTERWORT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

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

genus Pinguicula; Pinguicula (butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica)


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