English Explanatory Dictionary

butterwort

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.
  2. common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)

Word forms

butterwort butterworts

Etymology

From butter + wort: perhaps from the ability of the leaves to coagulate milk, or from their peculiar sliminess.

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