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butterwort

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Françaisgrassette
DeutschFettkraut
Русскийжиря́нка
6 more languages
Cymraegtafod y gors
Suomiyökönlehti
Gaeilgeleith uisce
日本語虫取菫
Polskitłustosz
Svenskatätort

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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