bladderwort

blad·der·wort

B0308800 (blăd′ər-wûrt′, -wôrt′)n. Any of various carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia, inhabiting wetlands or aquatic habitats and having small urn-shaped bladders that trap and digest minute insects and crustaceans.

bladderwort

(ˈblædəˌwɜːt) n (Plants) any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae

blad•der•wort

(ˌblæd ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt)

n. any aquatic, terrestrial, or epiphytic plant of the genus Utricularia, having threadlike leaves bearing many small bladders. [1805–15]

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bladderwort - 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 animalscarnivorous plant - plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animalsgenus Utricularia, Utricularia - bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution