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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

Example Sentences

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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

Take the humped bladderwort, a humble aquatic plant whose DNA was sequenced this past May.

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

The bladderwort, for example, used to live on insects.

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