bladderwort

A noun referring to 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.

• 🇷🇺Существительное, обозначающее любое из многочисленных водных насекомоядных растений рода Utricularia, некоторые листья которых видоизменены в маленькие урнообразные пузырьки, ловящие мельчайших водных животных.

1. Carnivorous aquatic plant C2 formal scientific

   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.

   • The bladderwort uses its tiny bladders to capture small insects and crustaceans.
   • Bladderworts are found in nutrient-poor waters where they supplement their diet with trapped prey.
   • The rapid suction mechanism of the bladderwort's trap is one of the fastest movements in the plant kingdom.

   🇷🇺Хищное водное растение

• bladderworts plural form
• bladderworts' possessive plural form
• bladderwort's possessive singular form