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PINGUICULA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica
Synonyms:
genus Pinguicula; Pinguicula
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pinguicula" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "Pinguicula"):
butterwort (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)
Holonyms ("Pinguicula" is a member of...):
bladderwort family; family Lentibulariaceae; Lentibulariaceae (carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea)
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