utricularia Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution
genus Utricularia.
WordNet
U*tric`u*la"ri*a noun
Etymology
NL.Definitions
(Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See Ascidium ,
