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pinguicula |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr L. pinguiculus somewhat fat, fattish.] (Bot.) See {Butterwort}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Butterwort \But"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Pinguicula n : butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn: {Pinguicula}, {genus Pinguicula}]
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