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.

• 🇨🇳狸藻，指狸藻属（Utricularia）的多种水生或湿生食虫植物，其部分叶片特化为小囊状捕虫器，用以捕捉微小水生动物。

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.

   🇨🇳狸藻

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