HyperDic: pinguicula

English > 1 sense of the word Pinguicula:
NOUNplantPinguicula, genus Pinguiculabutterworts
English > Pinguicula: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningbutterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica.
Synonymgenus Pinguicula
Member ofLentibulariaceae, family Lentibulariaceae, bladderwort familycarnivorous aquatic or bog plants
MembersbutterwortAny of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
Broaderplant genusA genus of plants
Spanishgenus pinguicula, pinguicula
Catalangenus pinguicula, pinguicula, Pinguicula

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