'Butterwort' definitions:
Definition of 'butterwort'
From: WordNet
noun
Any 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
Definition of 'Butterwort'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]