Bladderwort Definition
blădər-wûrt, -wôrt
noun
Any of various carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia, inhabiting wetlands or aquatic habitats and having small urn-shaped bladders that trap and digest minute insects and crustaceans.
American Heritage
Any of a large genus (Utricularia) of chiefly aquatic plants of the bladderwort family, having finely divided leaves with bladders on them that trap small insects and crustaceans.
Webster's New World
Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.
Wiktionary
adjective
Designating a family (Lentibulariaceae, order Scrophulariales) of dicotyledonous plants.
Webster's New World
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Noun
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bladderwort
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