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UTRICULARIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution

Synonyms:

genus Utricularia; Utricularia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Utricularia"):

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 animals)

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

bladderwort family; family Lentibulariaceae; Lentibulariaceae (carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea)

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