butterwort

[ buht-er-wurt, -wawrt ]

/ ˈbʌt ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

any small, carnivorous plant of the genus Pinguicula, having leaves that secrete a viscid substance in which small insects are caught.

Origin of butterwort

First recorded in 1590–1600; butter + wort²

Words nearby butterwort

butter spreader, butter tart, butter tree, butter up, butterweed, butterwort, Butterworth, butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth, buttery, butt-fuck, butt-fucker

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Example sentences from the Web for butterwort

The Butterwort (Pinguicula) is another of these carnivorous plants.
The Beauties of Nature|Sir John Lubbock
He could watch the butterwort curving round the edges of its wan green foliage upon the captured limbs of fly or aphis.
Charles Darwin|Grant Allen
There are three British species of Butterwort (Pinguicula), similar in structure and habit, all growing in bogs and on wet rocks.
Field and Woodland Plants|William S. Furneaux
This is the Butterwort (Pinguicula), and it is not a bad name, for the leaves remind one of butter.
The Romance of Plant Life|G. F. Scott Elliot

The order to which the butterwort and the bladderworts belong also afforded valuable results.
Life of Charles Darwin|G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany

British Dictionary definitions for butterwort

butterwort

/ (ˈbʌtəˌwɜːt) /

noun

a plant of the genus Pinguicula, esp P. vulgaris, that grows in wet places and has violet-blue spurred flowers and fleshy greasy glandular leaves on which insects are trapped and digested: family Lentibulariaceae

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单词	butterwort
释义	butterwort [ buht-er-wurt, -wawrt ] / ˈbʌt ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt / noun any small, carnivorous plant of the genus Pinguicula, having leaves that secrete a viscid substance in which small insects are caught. Origin of butterwort First recorded in 1590–1600; butter + wort² Words nearby butterwort butter spreader, butter tart, butter tree, butter up, butterweed, butterwort, Butterworth, butter wouldn't melt in one's mouth, buttery, butt-fuck, butt-fucker Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for butterwort The Butterwort (Pinguicula) is another of these carnivorous plants. The Beauties of Nature\|Sir John Lubbock He could watch the butterwort curving round the edges of its wan green foliage upon the captured limbs of fly or aphis. Charles Darwin\|Grant Allen There are three British species of Butterwort (Pinguicula), similar in structure and habit, all growing in bogs and on wet rocks. Field and Woodland Plants\|William S. Furneaux This is the Butterwort (Pinguicula), and it is not a bad name, for the leaves remind one of butter. The Romance of Plant Life\|G. F. Scott Elliot The order to which the butterwort and the bladderworts belong also afforded valuable results. Life of Charles Darwin\|G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany British Dictionary definitions for butterwort butterwort / (ˈbʌtəˌwɜːt) / noun a plant of the genus Pinguicula, esp P. vulgaris, that grows in wet places and has violet-blue spurred flowers and fleshy greasy glandular leaves on which insects are trapped and digested: family Lentibulariaceae Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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