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Meaning of "butterwort" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUTTERWORT

ˈbʌtəˌwɜːt


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUTTERWORT

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Butterwort is a noun.
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WHAT DOES BUTTERWORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pinguicula

Pinguicula, commonly known as the butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous plants that use sticky, glandular leaves to lure, trap, and digest insects in order to supplement the poor mineral nutrition they obtain from the environments. Of the roughly 80 currently known species, 12 are native to Europe, 9 to North America, and some in northern Asia. The largest number of species is in South and Central America.

Definition of butterwort in the English dictionary

The definition of butterwort in the dictionary is a plant of the genus Pinguicula, esp P. vulgaris, that grows in wet places and has violet-blue spurred flowers and fleshy greasy glandular leaves on which insects are trapped and digested: family Lentibulariaceae.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUTTERWORT

adderwort · bladderwort · feverwort · laserwort · liverwort · masterwort · miterwort · mitrewort · moorwort · motherwort · mugwort · pepperwort · quillwort · ragwort · rupturewort · setterwort · slipperwort · spearwort · spiderwort · thoroughwort

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUTTERWORT

butterfly nut · butterfly stroke · butterfly valve · butterfly weed · butterflyer · butterflyfish · butteries · butterine · butteriness · butterless · Buttermere · buttermilk · butternut · butternut pumpkin · butternut squash · butters · butterscotch · butterweed · Butterworth · buttery

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUTTERWORT

awlwort · dropwort · figwort · greater spearwort · hornwort · lesser spearwort · lungwort · milkwort · pennywort · ribwort · sandwort · soapwort · spleenwort · starwort · stitchwort · sulphurwort · water starwort · wort · woundwort · yellowwort

Synonyms and antonyms of butterwort in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «butterwort» into 25 languages

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grassette
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Butterwort
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Fettkraut
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ムシトリスミレ
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butterwort
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butterwort
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बटुआर्ट
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tätört
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tette
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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUTTERWORT»

Discover the use of butterwort in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to butterwort and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants: From Acacia to Zinnia [3 ...
“Petasites hybridus Root (Butterbur) Is an Effective Preventive Treatment for Migraine.” Neurology 64 (2004): 2240–44. Butterwort A carnivorous plant, the butterwort is in the genus Pinguicula, Latin for “little greasy one.” The name derives from ...
Christopher Cumo, 2013
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Rare Vascular Plants of Alberta
SMALL BUTTERWORT, HAIRY BUTTERWOR Pinguicula villosa L. BLADDERWORT FAMILY (L.ENTIBULARIACEAE) Plants: Small, insectivorous perennial herbs; flowering stems 2-5 cm tall, with long, soft hairs near the base and glandular ...
Linda Kershaw, 2001
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The National Wetland Plant List
OBL OBL Blue-Flower Butterwort Pinguicula ionantha Godfrey OBL Violet Butterwort Pinguicula lutea Walt. OBL FACW Yellow Butterwort Pinguicula macroceras Link OBL OBL OBL OBL California Butterwort Pinguicula planifolia Chapman ...
Robert Lichvar, 2012
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Texas Wildflowers: A Field Guide
Perennial LENTIBULARIACEAE Bladderwort or Butterwort Family The Bladderwort family consists of small herbs, growing in water or wet places, with a 2-lipped calyx and a 2-lipped corolla, 2 stamens with i anther and i ovary. The corolla is ...
Campbell Loughmiller, Lynn Loughmiller, 2006
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Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia
CLEARWATER. BUTTERWORT. Pinguicula primuliflora Wood & Godfrey Synonym: none Family: Lentibulariaceae (bladderwort) Georgia Natural Heritage Ranks: G3G4/S1 Legal Status: GA-Threatened US-none Federal Wetland Status: OBL ...
Linda G. Chafin, 2007
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Tundra-Taiga Biology
A study of variation between three Nordic Butterwort (Pinguicula) species growing in Swedish Lapland has detected phenological differences that can be related to optimizing opposing strategies for ensuring reproductive success ( Molau, ...
R. M. M. Crawford, 2013
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Plants of Kananaskis Country in the Rocky Mountains of Alberta
They can also be found on damp ground. The plants are particularly interesting because they are insectivorous: they can trap insects and other small organisms by means of specially adapted leaves, either sticky, as in butterwort (Pinguicula),  ...
Beryl Hallworth, Chendanda Chengappa Chinnappa, 1997
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Proserpina: Studies of Wayside Flowers (Complete)
TheirproperLatinname will be Pinguicula,(plural Pinguiculæ,)—their English, BogViolet, or, more familiarly,Butterwort; andtheirFrench, as atpresent, Grassette. The families tobe remembered willbeonlyfive, namely, 1. Pinguicula Major, the ...
John Ruskin
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The Little Giant Book of Science Experiments
The common butterwort is able to grow in boggy meadows and rocky crevices which offer hardly enough food to other plants, because it adds meat to the food on which plants ordinarily live. A great number of glands in its leaves secrete a ...
H. J. Press, 2001
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A Botanical Arrangement Of All The Vegetables Naturally ...
BUTTERWORT. 30. Pinguicula. Empal. Cup gaping; small; sharp; permanent. Upper lip upright ; with three clefts ; lower lip reflected,; cloven. Bloss. One petal, gaping. The longer lip straight, blunt, with three clefts; falling back: the Jhorttr lip ...
William Withering, 1776

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUTTERWORT»

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On the Trails: Out and about in mid-June
The little insectivorous plant called butterwort or sometimes bog violet (it is not a violet, but the flower is superficially similar) was blooming, ... «Juneau Empire, Jul 15»
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Beyond Gatehouse Station
makes butterwort stick to entrap;. insects dissolve, slip down their. velvet, vegetative gullets. Patchwork sphagnum turns. to peat either side of ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
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Feature: Wales to become first area of Britain to ban use of e …
George Butterwort from Cancer Research UK said: "E-cigarettes are an opportunity for people to move away from tobacco smoking which is ... «Xinhua, Jun 15»
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A plant in your garden that eats mosquitoes?
Butterwort Care: They prefer a humid environment, hence an indoor space with shade and mild sunlight is ideal. Hunting mechanism: They ... «Times of India, May 15»
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A murderous love affair with carnivorous plants
The active traps in the greenhouse are the Venus fly traps, or Dionaea muscipula, the “underappreciated,” aquatic butterwort, as well, the ... «The Daily Titan, Apr 15»
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Carnivorous plants thrive in area's coastal plains
There are four plant genera in our area that all catch and eat insects, the pitcher plant, the bladderwort, the butterwort and the sundews. «Tallahassee.com, Apr 15»
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Time to tackle this Neanderthal behaviour
De-stockage some years ago had brought enormous benefits — camomile, orchid, butterwort, and other plants returned. Until about 50 years ... «Irish Examiner, Apr 15»
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Tried and tested vegetable varieties to grow for success
They are using a Mexican plant, Pinguicula vulgaris (a butterwort) to control the whitefly in their glasshouses. Apparently this amazing plant not ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
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The FDEP launches new website for Florida's state parks
... plants and animals depend on the wet prairie habitat, including the alligator snapping turtle, sweet pitcher plant, and Chapman's butterwort. «Pensacola Today, Feb 15»
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Beavers are back – and we should welcome them with open arms
Then there's the wild flowers, such as northern marsh orchids and the insectivorous butterwort – the lovely, lethal, sky-blue flower on a single ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
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