HyperDic: dionaea_muscipula

English > 1 sense of the expression Dionaea muscipula:
NOUNplantDionaea muscipula, Venus's flytrap, Venus's flytrapscarnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects
English > Dionaea muscipula: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcarnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects.
SynonymsVenus's flytrap, Venus's flytraps
Member ofDionaea, genus DionaeaA genus of the family Droseraceae
Broadercarnivorous plantplants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals

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