'Pinguicula' definitions:
Definition of 'Pinguicula'
(from WordNet)
noun
Butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn: Pinguicula, genus Pinguicula]
Definition of 'Pinguicula'
From: GCIDE
- Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat fat, fattish.] (Bot.) See Butterwort. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pinguicula'
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]