Pinguicula

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat
     fat, fattish.] (Bot.)
     See {Butterwort}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Butterwort \But"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
     A genus of low herbs ({Pinguicula}) having simple leaves
     which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid
     fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin
     infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The
     species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Pinguicula
       n : butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous
           bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn: {genus
           Pinguicula}]