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Insectivorous plant with highly segmented leaves that form bladders.


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Insectivorous plants:

  1. The plants that depend on trapping and digesting insects for their nutrients are called insectivorous plants.
  2. Insectivorous plants grow in nutrient-deficient soil and the leaves are modified to form traps.
  3. Examples: pitcher plant, Venus flytrap, bladderwort.

Bladderwort:

  1. Bladderworts are insectivorous plants where leaves are highly segmented and modified to form bladders.
  2. The mouth of the bladder gets covered like a trap door as the insects enter the bladder.

Final Answer: Bladderwort is the insectivorous plant with highly segmented leaves that form bladders.


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