Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In entomology, a family of dipterous insects, the vesicular flies, having a bladdery abdomen; the Cyrtidæ or Acroceridæ.
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Caspary [92] mentions a flower of _Aldrovanda vesiculosa_, which was elevated on a stalk that was adherent to the stem for a certain distance, and then separated from it.
Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants Maxwell T. Masters
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The leaves sometimes contain bubbles of air, and were formerly supposed to be bladders; hence the specific name of vesiculosa.
Insectivorous Plants Charles Darwin 1845
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Habitat The Waterwheel Plant, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, is native to the acid bog pools of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe.
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