butterwort
[
buht
-er-wurt, -wawrt]
/ˈbʌt ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt/
noun
1.
any small, carnivorous plant of the genus
Pinguicula,
having leaves that secrete a viscid substance in which small insects are caught.
Origin
1590-1600;
butter
+
wort
2
British Dictionary definitions for
butterwort
butterwort
/
ˈbʌtəˌwɜːt
/
noun
1.
a plant of the genus
Pinguicula
, esp
P. vulgaris
, that grows in wet places and has violet-blue spurred flowers and fleshy greasy glandular leaves on which insects are trapped and digested: family
Lentibulariaceae