Pl. -ariæ. [mod.L. (1737), f. L. ūtricul-us UTRICULUS1.] A genus of scrophulariaceous plants, characterized by bearing small bladders at the margins of their leaves; bladderwort, hooded (water) milfoil; a species or plant of this.
1753. Chambers’ Cycl., Suppl., Utricularia,… the name of a plant used by Linnæus for … hooded water milfoil.
1793. Martyn, Lang. Bot., s.v. Folliculus, Follicles … are vessels distended with air: as at the root in Utricularia.
1819. Rees’ Cycl., XXXVII. 4 F 2/2. Almost every morning’s walk afforded them a new Utricularia. Ibid. Twenty-four Utriculariæ, natives of New Holland alone.
1863. T. W. Higginson, Out-Door Papers, 278. The slender Utricularia, a dainty maiden whose light feet scarce touch the water.
