Definition of Bladderwort

1. Noun. Any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals.

Generic synonyms: Carnivorous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Utricularia, Utricularia

Definition of Bladderwort

1. n. A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium.

Definition of Bladderwort

1. Noun. Any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus ''Utricularia'', that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Bladderwort

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Medical Definition of Bladderwort

1. A genus (Utricularia) of aquatic or marshy plants, which usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See Ascidium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bladderwort

bladder stone
bladder worm
bladdered
bladderful
bladderfuls
bladderless
bladderlike
bladdernose
bladdernut
bladdernut family
bladdernuts
bladderpod
bladders
bladdersful
bladderworm
bladderwort (current term)
bladderwort family
bladderworts
bladderwrack
bladderwracks
bladdery
bladding
blade apple
blade bit
blade bone
blade connector
blade implantation
blade roast

Literary usage of Bladderwort

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Flora of the southern United States: Containing Abridged Descriptions of the by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1872)
"(bladderwort FAMILY.) Aquatic or marsh herbs, with entire or dissected leaves, ... L, bladderwort. Lips of the calyx entire. Throat of the corolla nearly ..."

2. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota, Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"U. vulgaris, L. Greater bladderwort. Frequent throughout the state. (It is sometimes nearly or quite destitute of air- bladders in Hennepin and Blue Earth ..."

3. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(bladderwort FAMILY.) Herbs, growing in water or wet soil, with scapes or ... L. bladderwort. Calyx 2-parted or deeply ..."

4. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"bladderwort FAMILY. Aquatic plants, or if terrestrial usually on moist ground, the leaves in a basal rosette, or borne along floating stems, or more or less ..."

5. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... bladderwort FAMILY. Aquatic or marsh herbs, with the ovary and pod 1-celled and containing a free central placenta, with irregular bilabiate flowers ..."

6. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1857)
"(bladderwort FAMILY.) Small herbs (growing in water or wet places), with a 2-lipped ... L. bladderwort. Lips of the 2-parted calyx entire, or nearly so. ..."

7. Flora of the southern United States: Containing Abridged Descriptions of the by Alvan Wentworth Chapman (1872)
"(bladderwort FAMILY.) Aquatic or marsh herbs, with entire or dissected leaves, ... L, bladderwort. Lips of the calyx entire. Throat of the corolla nearly ..."

8. Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota, Including Its Phaenogamous and Vascular by Warren Upham (1884)
"U. vulgaris, L. Greater bladderwort. Frequent throughout the state. (It is sometimes nearly or quite destitute of air- bladders in Hennepin and Blue Earth ..."

9. Manual of the Botany (Phænogamia and Pteridophyta) of the Rocky Mountain by John Merle Coulter (1885)
"(bladderwort FAMILY.) Herbs, growing in water or wet soil, with scapes or ... L. bladderwort. Calyx 2-parted or deeply ..."

10. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"bladderwort FAMILY. Aquatic plants, or if terrestrial usually on moist ground, the leaves in a basal rosette, or borne along floating stems, or more or less ..."

11. The Elements of Botany for Beginners and for Schools by Asa Gray (1887)
"... bladderwort FAMILY. Aquatic or marsh herbs, with the ovary and pod 1-celled and containing a free central placenta, with irregular bilabiate flowers ..."

12. Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States by Asa Gray (1857)
"(bladderwort FAMILY.) Small herbs (growing in water or wet places), with a 2-lipped ... L. bladderwort. Lips of the 2-parted calyx entire, or nearly so. ..."

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