HyperDic: genus_dionaea

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Dionaea:
NOUNplantgenus Dionaea, Dionaeaa genus of the family Droseraceae
English > genus Dionaea: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of the family Droseraceae.
SynonymDionaea
Member ofDroseraceae, family Droseraceae, sundew familyA family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs
MembersVenus's flytrap, Venus's flytraps, Dionaea muscipulacarnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects
Broaderdicot genus, magnoliopsid genusgenus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination
Spanishdionaea, genus dionaea
Catalandionaea, genus dionaea

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