noun
- aquatic carnivorous plants with small bladder-like traps that capture tiny organisms
Usage: botanical
Examples
- Bladderworts are found in freshwater ponds and lakes.
- The tiny bladders on bladderworts create suction to trap small prey.
- Scientists study bladderworts to understand carnivorous plant mechanisms.
- Bladderworts can survive in nutrient-poor water by catching microscopic animals.
- The aquarium contained several species of bladderworts.
- Bladderworts belong to the genus Utricularia.