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    BUTTERWORT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insectsplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("butterwort" is a kind of...):

    carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)

    Holonyms ("butterwort" is a member of...):

    genus Pinguicula; Pinguicula (butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica)

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