Home › Words › B › bladderwortbladderwortbladderwort means any of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.EtymologyFrom bladder + wort.nounAny of many aquatic carnivorous plants, of the genus Utricularia, that have open bladders that trap minute insects and crustaceans.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.butterwort 65% match — Any plant of the insectivorous genus Pinguicula. vs bladderwort →bladderpod 60% match — Any of various flowering plants, including Cleome isomeris (= Isomeris arborea), Peritoma arborea, Lobelia inflata, and species of Physaria (= Lesquerella) and Paysonia. vs bladderwort →bloodwort 58% match — Any of various plants with red roots or leaves.; Any of species Sanguinaria canadensis (bloodroot). vs bladderwort →bladderworm 56% match — A bladderlike larva of a tapeworm, especially the pork tapeworm (species Taenia solium). vs bladderwort →pondweed 56% match — Any of several plants that grow in ponds or similar aquatic conditions:; Potamogeton, a diverse and worldwide genus vs bladderwort →bladderet 56% match — A small bladder; a vesicle vs bladderwort →drosera 56% match — Any of several carnivorous, flowering plants of the genus Drosera. vs bladderwort →birthwort 55% match — Any plant of the genus Aristolochia. vs bladderwort →