Definition of "vesiculosa" [vesiculosa]

• In entomology, a family of dipterous insects, the vesicular flies, having a bladdery abdomen; the Cyrtidæ or Acroceridæ.

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "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."
• "The leaves sometimes contain bubbles of air, and were formerly supposed to be bladders; hence the specific name of vesiculosa."
• "Habitat The Waterwheel Plant, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, is native to the acid bog pools of Africa, Asia, Australia, and Europe."