bladderwort

[ blad-er-wurt, -wawrt ]

noun

1. any of various plants of the genus Utricularia, including aquatic, terrestrial, and epiphytic forms throughout the world.

bladderwort

/ ˈblædəˌwɜːt /

noun

1. any aquatic plant of the genus Utricularia , some of whose leaves are modified as small bladders to trap minute aquatic animals: family Lentibulariaceae

Word History and Origins

Origin of bladderwort¹

First recorded in 1805–15; bladder + wort ²

Example Sentences

The general idea of the bladderwort is exactly that of the eel-pots so common in some parts of the Thames.

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One of the most curious enemies of our freshwater fishes is a small floating water-weed, the bladderwort.

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As in the case of its cousinry a-land, the bladderwort at its leisure dines upon its prey.

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Built on a very different model is the bladderwort, busy in stagnant ponds near the sea coast from Nova Scotia to Texas.

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The bladderwort, reputed common on these marshes, seems to have become much scarcer than it was twenty years back.

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