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butterwort

Insectivorous plant belonging to the bladderwort family, with purplish flowers and a rosette of flat leaves covered with a sticky substance that traps insects. (Genus Pinguicula, family Lentibulariaceae.)
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D'Amato also grows butterworts, which secrete a sticky substance that acts like flypaper, gluing its victims in place as enzymes (proteins that aid body functions) digest the insect's soft tissues.
Meat-Eating Plants by STIEFEL, CHANA FREIMAN / Science World
Butterworts - tiny bugs get glued to the pretty but sticky leaves.
SCHOLARS MARVEL AT CARNIVOROUS PLANT COLLECTION by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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