Utricularia n 1: bladderworts: large genus of aquatic carnivorous plants; cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: {Utricularia}, {genus Utricularia}]
Utricularia \U*tric`u*la"ri*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A genus of aquatic flowering plants, in which the submersed leaves bear many little utricles, or ascidia. See {Ascidium}, [1913 Webster]