Definition of Butterworts. Meaning of Butterworts. Synonyms of Butterworts

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Definition of Butterworts

Butterwort
Butterwort But"ter*wort`, n. (Bot.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.

Meaning of Butterworts from wikipedia

- native butterworts. Butterworts probably originated in Central America, as this is the center of Pinguicula diversity – roughly 50% of butterwort species...
- Pinguicula grandiflora, commonly known as the large-flowered butterwort, is a temperate insectivorous plant in the Lentibulariaceae family. One distinguishing...
- also in some flowering plants such as pygmy sundews and some species of butterworts.[page needed] Vascular plants have many other methods of a****ual reproduction...
- flowers on the ends of stalks about 6-8 inches (150–200 mm) high. Like all butterworts, the flowers are zygomorphic, and have a spur extending from the back...
- carnivorous plants. The plant genera Drosera (sundews), Pinguicula (butterworts), and others have leaves studded with mucilage-secreting glands, and...
- esseriana is a small carnivorous plant in the genus Pinguicula, the butterworts. It is native to Mexico but is frost-tolerant despite its tropical habitat...
- Pinguicula alpina, also known as the alpine butterwort, is a species of carnivorous plant native to high latitudes and altitudes throughout Eurasia. It...
- Pinguicula vulgaris, the common butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the butterwort genus of the family Lentibulariaceae. It grows to a height...
- States. The typical variety forms a white flower in blooming. Like other butterworts, it has sticky adhesive leaves that attract, capture and digest arthropod...
- Pinguicula hirtiflora, also known as the hairy-flowered butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the family Lentibulariaceae. Pinguicula hirtiflora...