Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Pinguicula"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat
fat, fattish.] (Bot.)
See {Butterwort}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Pinguicula
n : butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous
bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn: {Pinguicula},
{genus Pinguicula}]
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