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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.
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
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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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