PINGUICULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pinguicula mean? 

• PINGUICULA (noun)
  The noun PINGUICULA has 1 sense:

1. butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica

  Familiarity information: PINGUICULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINGUICULA (noun)

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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 ("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)