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GENUS PINGUICULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pinguicula mean?
• GENUS PINGUICULA (noun)
The noun GENUS PINGUICULA has 1 sense:
1. butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica
Familiarity information: GENUS PINGUICULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pinguicula; Pinguicula
Hypernyms ("genus Pinguicula" is a kind of...):
plant genus (a genus of plants)
Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Pinguicula" is a member of...):
bladderwort family; family Lentibulariaceae; Lentibulariaceae (carnivorous aquatic or bog plants: genera Utricularia, Pinguicula, and Genlisea)
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