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utricularia


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Utricularia  \U*tric`u*la"ri*a\,  n.  [NL.]  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  of  aquatic  flowering  plants,  in  which  the  submersed 
  leaves  bear  many  little  utricles,  or  ascidia.  See  {Ascidium}, 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bladderwort  \Blad"der*wort`\,  n.  (Bot.) 
  A  genus  ({Utricularia})  of  aquatic  or  marshy  plants,  which 
  usually  bear  numerous  vesicles  in  the  divisions  of  the 
  leaves.  These  serve  as  traps  for  minute  animals.  See 
  {Ascidium}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Utricularia 
  n  :  bladderworts:  large  genus  of  aquatic  carnivorous  plants; 
  cosmopolitan  in  distribution  [syn:  {Utricularia},  {genus 
  Utricularia}] 




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