Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Utricularia \U*tric`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.)
A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed
leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See {Ascidium},
Bladderwort \Blad"der*wort`\, n. (Bot.)
A genus ({Utricularia}) of aquatic or marshy plants, which
usually bear numerous vesicles in the divisions of the
leaves. These serve as traps for minute animals. See
{Ascidium}.
Source : WordNet®
Utricularia
n : bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants;
cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {genus Utricularia}]