Pinguiculan.

Brit.

/pɪŋˈɡwɪkjᵿlə/, U.S.

/pɪŋˈɡwɪkjələ/

Inflections: Plural † Pinguiculae, Pinguiculas.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pinguicula.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin pinguicula ( C. Gesner Descriptio Montis Fractiin De raris et admirandis herbis(1555) 64), use as noun (short for planta pinguicula ) of feminine of classical Latin pinguiculus rather fat ( < pinguis fat (see pinguid adj.) + -culus -cule suffix), apparently after early modern German smalzchrawt , literally ‘dripping weed, fat weed’, so named on account of its greasy leaves (1479; German regional Schmalzkraut ; compare German Fettkraut ). Compare French grassette (1556; < gras fat (see grease n.) + -ette -ette suffix). Compare butterwort n.

Botany.

A genus comprising the butterworts (family Lentibulariaceae), which are small insectivorous bog plants with a slender flower stalk arising from a rosette of thick yellowish-green greasy leaves; (also pinguicula) a plant of this genus, a butterwort.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 17.

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butter-root1597

butterwort1597

Pinguicula1597

Yorkshire sanicle1597

bog violet1713

steep-grass1777

yearning grass1814

steep-wort1886

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cclxiii. 644 The second kinde of Sanicle, which Clusius calleth Pinguicula,..hath sundrie small thicke leaues, fat and full of iuice.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 645 Called Pinguicula, of the fatnes or fulnes of the leafe, or of fatning, in Yorkshire..it is called Butterwoorts, Butter roote, and white roote.

1673 Philos. Trans. 1672 (Royal Soc.) 7 5137 There are natural and spontaneous excretions or venting of superfluous moisture..in the Crown Imperial, Rorella, Pinguicula, &c.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Pinguicula, butterwort..the name of a genus of plants..: the flower consists of one leaf.

1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xii. 130 Pinguicula or Butterwort has a personate flower.

1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 358 Pinguiculæ are bog-plants, and P. vulgaris is said to have the property of coagulating milk.

1885 St. James's Gaz. 17 Aug. 6/2 On its slopes grow the insect-capturing pinguicula [etc.].

1958 T. Stanwell-Fletcher Clear Lands 147 Splashes of small Northern flowers..purple pinguicula and bluebells [etc.].

1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 253 (caption) Pinguicula and Drosera are active flypapers; Drosophyllum is a passive flypaper; and Dionaea is a spring trap plant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pinguicula
释义	Pinguiculan. Brit. /pɪŋˈɡwɪkjᵿlə/, U.S. /pɪŋˈɡwɪkjələ/ Inflections: Plural † Pinguiculae, Pinguiculas. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pinguicula. Etymology: < post-classical Latin pinguicula ( C. Gesner Descriptio Montis Fractiin De raris et admirandis herbis(1555) 64), use as noun (short for planta pinguicula ) of feminine of classical Latin pinguiculus rather fat ( < pinguis fat (see pinguid adj.) + -culus -cule suffix), apparently after early modern German smalzchrawt , literally ‘dripping weed, fat weed’, so named on account of its greasy leaves (1479; German regional Schmalzkraut ; compare German Fettkraut ). Compare French grassette (1556; < gras fat (see grease n.) + -ette -ette suffix). Compare butterwort n. Botany. A genus comprising the butterworts (family Lentibulariaceae), which are small insectivorous bog plants with a slender flower stalk arising from a rosette of thick yellowish-green greasy leaves; (also pinguicula) a plant of this genus, a butterwort.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) I. 17. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > butterwort butter-root1597 butterwort1597 Pinguicula1597 Yorkshire sanicle1597 bog violet1713 steep-grass1777 yearning grass1814 steep-wort1886 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. cclxiii. 644 The second kinde of Sanicle, which Clusius calleth Pinguicula,..hath sundrie small thicke leaues, fat and full of iuice. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 645 Called Pinguicula, of the fatnes or fulnes of the leafe, or of fatning, in Yorkshire..it is called Butterwoorts, Butter roote, and white roote. 1673 Philos. Trans. 1672 (Royal Soc.) 7 5137 There are natural and spontaneous excretions or venting of superfluous moisture..in the Crown Imperial, Rorella, Pinguicula, &c. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Pinguicula, butterwort..the name of a genus of plants..: the flower consists of one leaf. 1785 T. Martyn tr. J.-J. Rousseau Lett. Elements Bot. xii. 130 Pinguicula or Butterwort has a personate flower. 1857 A. Henfrey Elem. Course Bot. 358 Pinguiculæ are bog-plants, and P. vulgaris is said to have the property of coagulating milk. 1885 St. James's Gaz. 17 Aug. 6/2 On its slopes grow the insect-capturing pinguicula [etc.]. 1958 T. Stanwell-Fletcher Clear Lands 147 Splashes of small Northern flowers..purple pinguicula and bluebells [etc.]. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 253 (caption) Pinguicula and Drosera are active flypapers; Drosophyllum is a passive flypaper; and Dionaea is a spring trap plant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1597
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