butterwort

butterwort

English

Pinguicula vulgaris, a species of butterwort.

Etymology

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

Noun

butterwort (plural butterworts)

1. Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.

Translations

plant of the genus Pinguicula

French: grassette (fr) f German: Fettkraut n Irish: bodán meascáin m, leith uisce f, liath uisce f Japanese: 虫取菫 (mushitosurime) Polish: tłustosz m

Romanian: foaie-grasă (ro) f, îngrășătoare (ro) f Russian: жиря́нка (ru) f (žirjánka) Swedish: tätört c Volapük: pinguikul Westrobothnian: myrtjett m