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BLADDERWORT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
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 animals
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("bladderwort" is a kind of...):
carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)
Holonyms ("bladderwort" is a member of...):
genus Utricularia; Utricularia (bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution)