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butterwort Definition


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butterwort
noun
    1. bot.
      A small carnivorous perennial plant with solitary white, lilac or violet flowers and a rosette of oval slightly inrolled leaves with a greasy coating on which insects become trapped and are then digested by enzymes secreted by the plant.
Etymology: 16c.



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