Venus flytrap

Betekenis (Engels)

1. 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.
2. A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.

Sinonieme

Venus’s flytrap

flytrap

tyrant flycatcher

Venus' flytrap

Venus's flytrap

Vertalings

Venusfliegenfalle

pigliamosche

Dionaea muscipula

dionée attrape-mouche

dionea atrapamoscas

dionea

Dionaea muscipula

Dionée attrape-mouche

Dionaea muscipula

Dionaea

Venusvliegenvanger

Dionéia

dionéia

dioneia

Etimologie (Engels)

From Venus (after the resemblance of the leaves to a human vulva) + flytrap (after the insectivorous nature of the plant).