bladderwort

American

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

noun

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

bladderwort British

/ ˈblædəˌwɜːt /

noun

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

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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

But this combination of beauty and death isn’t what makes the bladderwort special.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2013

The bladderwort doesn’t: 97 percent of its DNA is classic, hardworking, protein-building DNA.

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

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

From Little Masterpieces of Science: The Naturalist as Interpreter and Seer by Iles, George

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