Venus's-flytrap
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nə noun
a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
Also called Venus flytrap.
Origin:
1760–70, Americanism
1760–70, Americanism
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| Venus's-flytrap or Venus flytrap | |
| —n | |
| sundew pitcher plant See also butterwort an insectivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, of Carolina, having hinged two-lobed leaves that snap closed when the sensitive hairs on the surface are touched: family Droseraceae | |
| Venus flytrap or Venus flytrap | |
| —n | |
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