utricularia

Thân thiện

The utricularia floats in the pond, its tiny bladders trapping small water creatures.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A genus of aquatic carnivorous plants: Utricularia is the scientific name for a large genus of flowering plants commonly known as bladderworts. These plants are characterized by small bladder-like traps used to capture tiny aquatic organisms.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The pond contained several species of Utricularia, their tiny bladders actively catching prey.
  • Botanists study the unique trapping mechanism of Utricularia.

Advanced Usage

• In botanical and scientific contexts, is always capitalized as it is a proper genus name. The common name "bladderwort" is typically used in non-scientific communication.
  • The diversity of Utricularia in this wetland is remarkable.

Variants and Related Words

• Bladderwort (n): The common name for plants in the genus .
  • We observed a common bladderwort in the lake.
• Utricle (n): A general biological term for a small sac or bladder-like structure, related to the trapping mechanism.
  • The utricle of the plant is a sophisticated trap.

Synonyms

• Bladderwort: The common name for plants of this genus.

Notes on Meaning

• The term refers specifically to the entire genus. Individual species are designated with a second name, following binomial nomenclature (e.g., ).
• All plants in this genus are carnivorous, utilizing submerged or terrestrial bladders to suck in and digest small animals like protozoa and insect larvae.

Học thuật

Noun

1. bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Utricularia
• genus Utricularia