HyperDic: carnivorous_plant

English > 1 sense of the expression carnivorous plant:
NOUNplantcarnivorous plantplants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals
English > carnivorous plant: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningplants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals.
NarrowerDrosophyllum lusitanicumperennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects
Venus's flytrap, Venus's flytraps, Dionaea muscipulacarnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects
bladderwortAny of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
butterwortAny of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
genlisearootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps
pitcher plantAny of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales
roridulaEither of 2 species of the genus Roridula
sundew, sundew plant, daily dewAny of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects
waterwheel plant, Aldrovanda vesiculosafloating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water ... / water fleas
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishplanta carnívora
Catalanplanta carnívora

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