Found 2 items, similar to Pinguicula.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Pinguicula Pinguicula n : butterworts: a large genus of almost stemless carnivorous bog plants; Europe and America to Antarctica [syn: genus Pinguicula ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Pinguicula Pinguicula \Pin*guic"u*la\, n. [NL., fr. L. pinguiculus somewhat fat, fattish.] (Bot.) See Butterwort. [1913 Webster] Butterwort \But"ter*wort`\, n. (Bot.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone. [1913 Webster]