butterwort

Pinguicula vulgaris, a species of butterwort.

Meaning

Noun

Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.

Origin

butter + wort: perhaps from the ability of the leaves to coagulate milk, or from their peculiar sliminess.

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