butterwort

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Definition of butterwort

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noun

Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.

“As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]”

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noun

Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.

“As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]”
common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)

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From butter + wort: perhaps from the ability of the leaves to coagulate milk, or from their peculiar sliminess.

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