Usually means: Carnivorous plant with sticky leaves.
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  1. butterwort: Merriam-Webster
  2. butterwort: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. butterwort: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. butterwort: Collins English Dictionary
  5. butterwort: Vocabulary.com
  6. butterwort: Wordnik
  7. butterwort: Wiktionary
  8. butterwort: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. butterwort: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Butterwort, butterwort: Dictionary.com
  11. Butterwort: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Butterwort: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. butterwort: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. butterwort: Rhymezone
  15. Butterwort: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. butterwort: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. Butterwort: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. butterwort: FreeDictionary.org
  19. butterwort: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. butterwort: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (butterwort)

▸ noun:  Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.
▸ noun:  common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)

Similar:
bellwort, lousewort, bladderwort, butterbur, pipewort, pillwort, pouteria, bugwort, hammerwort, umbelwort, more...

Types:
Pinguicula, Brocchinia, Utricularia, Genlisea, Lentibulariaceae, more...

Adjectives:
common, pale, great, flowered, irish, little, pink, insectivorous, coloured, yellow

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Similar:
bellwort, lousewort, bladderwort, butterbur, pipewort, pillwort, pouteria, bugwort, hammerwort, umbelwort, more...

Types:
Pinguicula, Brocchinia, Utricularia, Genlisea, Lentibulariaceae, more...

Adjectives:
common, pale, great, flowered, irish, little, pink, insectivorous, coloured, yellow



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