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- proper noun A taxonomic
species within thegenus Pinguicula — the alpinebutterwort , a carnivorous plant of the Alps and Pyrenees mountains of Europe and the Himalayas of Asia.
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Switzerland, probably Pinguicula alpina; some insects, but no great number, also adhered to the leaves of this plant, which had much better developed roots than those of Pinguicula vulgaris.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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