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Venus's flytrap — noun carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects • Syn: ↑Venus s flytraps, ↑Dionaea muscipula • Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous plant • Member Holonyms:… … Useful english dictionary
venus's-flytrap — noun (plural venus s flytraps) Usage: usually capitalized V : an insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the family Droseraceae found on the coast of the Carolinas and having the leaf apex modified into a ciliate margined insect trap of which… … Useful english dictionary
Venus Flytrap — For other uses, see Venus Flytrap (disambiguation). Venus Flytrap Venus Flytrap leaf … Wikipedia
Venus flytrap — UK [ˌviːnəs ˈflaɪtræp] / US [ˌvɪnəs ˈflaɪˌtræp] noun [countable] Word forms Venus flytrap : singular Venus flytrap plural Venus flytraps a plant with leaves that open and close to catch insects … English dictionary
Dionaea — noun a genus of the family Droseraceae • Syn: ↑genus Dionaea • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Droseraceae, ↑family Droseraceae, ↑sund … Useful english dictionary
carnivorous plant — noun plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals • Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant • Hyponyms: ↑pitcher plant, ↑sundew, ↑sundew plant, ↑daily dew, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Dionaea muscipula — noun carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects • Syn: ↑Venus s flytrap, ↑Venus s flytraps • Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous plant • Member Holonyms: ↑Dionaea … Useful english dictionary
genus Dionaea — noun a genus of the family Droseraceae • Syn: ↑Dionaea • Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Droseraceae, ↑family Droseraceae, ↑sundew family … Useful english dictionary
Carnivorous plant — Insectivorous Plants redirects here. For the book by Charles Darwin, see Insectivorous Plants (book). Nepenthes mirabilis in flower, growing on a road cut in Palau Carnivorous plants are plants that derive some or most of their nutrients (but not … Wikipedia
carnivorous plant — Any of about 400 diverse species of plants specially adapted for capturing insects and other tiny animals by ingenious pitfalls and traps and for digesting the nitrogen rich animal proteins to obtain nutrients. These adaptations are thought to… … Universalium
