bladderwort
part of speech
noun (a bladderwort, bladderworts)
meaning for a pupil
1) A bladderwort is a meat-eating water plant with tiny bladders (bags) on its underwater stems that suck in and trap very small animals. tree →
2) It grows in ponds, bogs and wet places all over the world and has little yellow or purple flowers above the water. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons the bladderwort is a carnivorous plant like the Venus flytrap and sundew: it lives where the soil or water has few nutrients, so it gets extra food from tiny creatures such as water fleas. Its trap is one of the fastest movements in the plant world. Phrases: carnivorous plant, bladder trap.
examples
- The bladderwort has no roots and floats in the pond. tree →
- Tiny bladders on the bladderwort suck in water fleas. tree →
- A bladderwort's trap snaps shut in a split second. tree →
- Bladderworts have pretty yellow flowers. tree →
- Like the Venus flytrap, the bladderwort eats tiny animals. tree →
- We looked at a bladderwort under a magnifying glass. tree →
- Bladderworts grow in bogs where there are few nutrients. tree →
note
Plural bladderworts. «-wort» is an old word for plant (as in St John's wort). It catches only very tiny animals, not insects like flies.
Trees and pragmatics
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