Definition of Pinguicula. Meaning of Pinguicula. Synonyms of Pinguicula

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Definition of Pinguicula

Pinguicula
Pinguicula Pin*guic"u*la, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat fat, fattish.] (Bot.) See Butterwort.
Pinguicula
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 Pinguicula from wikipedia

- Pinguicula, commonly known as butterworts, is a genus of carnivorous flowering plants in the family Lentibulariaceae. They use sticky, glandular leaves...
- Pinguicula moranensis /pɪŋˈɡwɪkjʊlə ˌmɒrəˈnɛnsɪs/ is a perennial rosette-forming insectivorous herb in the flowering plant family Lentibulariaceae. It...
- 1966 Pinguicula alpina L., 1753 Pinguicula antarctica Vahl, 1827 Pinguicula balcanica Casper, 1962 Pinguicula benedicta Barnhart, 1920 Pinguicula bissei...
- once classified as Pinguicula ayautla. This Pinguicula was discovered by Alfred Lau and described by the botanist Hans Luhrs. Pinguicula gigantea has a few...
- used below. Pinguicula agnata Pinguicula albida Pinguicula benedicta Pinguicula cubensis Pinguicula filifolia Pinguicula gigantea Pinguicula infundibuliformis...
- Pinguicula Pinguicula a****inata Pinguicula conzattii Pinguicula elizabethiae Pinguicula filifolia Pinguicula gigantea Pinguicula gypsicola Pinguicula...
- Pinguicula lusitanica, commonly known as the pale butterwort, is a small butterwort that grows wild in acidic peat bog areas along coastal atlantic western...
- flower. As Pinguicula lauana it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. "Pinguicula laueana". www.pinguicula.org. Retrieved...
- Dracaena pinguicula, synonym Sansevieria pinguicula, also known as the walking sansevieria, is a xerophytic CAM succulent native to the Bura area of Kenya...
- Pinguicula vulgaris, the common butterwort, is a perennial carnivorous plant in the butterwort genus of the family Lentibulariaceae. It grows to a height...