bladderwort

American  

[blad-er-wurt, -wawrt] / ˌblæd ərˌwɜrt, -ˌwɔrt /

noun

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

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bladderwort British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of bladderwort

First recorded in 1805–15; bladder + wort ²

Example Sentences

Utricularia vulgaris, also known as a bladderwort, is a carnivorous plant that traps its prey using specialized hollow, water filled trap bladders.

From Science Daily • Nov. 20, 2024

Now, finally, the poor humped bladderwort has been dragged into the contretemps.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2013

The humped bladderwort has yellow, snapdragon-like flowers, and it’s actually carnivorous, capable of trapping and eating not just insects but even tadpoles and tiny fish.

From Slate • Oct. 3, 2013

But in practice, and for reasons scientists don’t entirely understand, the bladderwort has somehow deleted all but one copy of most of its duplicated genes, along with the vast majority of its non-protein coding DNA.

From Scientific American • May 19, 2013

In this way seeds of water plantain, sedges, grasses, rushes, docks, arrowhead, pondweeds, duckweed, cat-tail flag, bur reed, bladderwort, water crowfoot, and many others are transported from one pond, lake, or stream, to another.

From Seed Dispersal by Beal, W. J. (William James)