NOUN | plant | Venus's flytraps, Venus's flytrap, Dionaea muscipula | carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects |
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Meaning | carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects. | |
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Synonyms | Venus's flytrap, Dionaea muscipula | |
Member of | Dionaea, genus Dionaea | A genus of the family Droseraceae |
Broader | carnivorous plant | plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals |
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