Venus flytrap
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See also: Venus' flytrap and Venus fly trap
English
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Etymology
From Venus (after the resemblance of the leaves to a human vulva) + flytrap (after the insectivorous nature of the plant).
Noun
Venus flytrap (plural Venus flytraps)
- An insectivorous plant of the savannas of North and South Carolina, Dionaea muscipula; the leaves are hinged and bordered with stiff hairs, and close when an insect alights on them.
- Synonyms: tipitiwitchet, dionaea
- A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.
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Translations
Dionaea muscipula
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