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Butterwort
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (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.