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bladderwort
CIDE DICTIONARY
bladderwort, n.
A genus (Utricularia ) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
bladderwort, n. any insect-consuming aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia, with leaves having small bladders for trapping insects.
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