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butterwort - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'butterwort' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Butterwort [ n.]
- A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.