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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
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bladderwort
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus ''Utricularia'', that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bladderwort \Blad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A genus ( Utricularia ) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium .
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n. 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
Usage examples of bladderwort.
He felt a jolt of energy course through his body, and knew it was bladderwort, a powerful stimulant.
Remoteness and exhaustion faded as the bladderwort entered his bloodstream.
Laurel kept stumbling over tangles of alligator weed that was entwined with delicate yellow bladderwort and water primrose.
The bladderwort continued to do its work, and he almost wished it would not.
Frogs blinked and fell silent, their cold eyes goggling from huge lily pads and bladderworts as the cumbersome thing went by.