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Meaning of butterwort | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula.
  2. common butterwort (Pinguicula vulgaris)

Equivalents

Cymraeg tafod y gors
Deutsch Fettkraut
Suomi yökönlehti
Français grassette
Gaeilge leith uisce
日本語 虫取菫
Polski tłustosz
Русский жиря́нка
Svenska tätort

Examples

“As he climbed up through the golden gorse he would look for orchids amongst the commoner cotton grass, bog asphodel and butterwort[.]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Butterworth Butterworth filter Buttery buttery bar buttery hatch Buttes

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