Venus flytrap
Meaning
- 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.
- A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.
Synonyms
Translations
Venusfliegenfalle
Dionaea muscipula
dionée attrape-mouche
dionea atrapamoscas Dionaea muscipula Dionée attrape-mouche
Dionaea muscipula Dionaea
Venusvliegenvanger
Dionéia dionéia dioneiaEtymology
From Venus (after the resemblance of the leaves to a human vulva) + flytrap (after the insectivorous nature of the plant).
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