venus's flytrap

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Noun venus's flytrap has 1 sense

Venus's flytrap, Venus's flytraps, Dionaea muscipula - carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects
--₁ is a kind of carnivorous plant
--₁ is a member of Dionaea, genus Dionaea

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Venus's Flytrap

Noun:

A carnivorous plant native to the wetlands of North Carolina, having hinged leaves that snap shut when triggered by insects, trapping and digesting them.

Sample Sentence:

The Venus's flytrap uses its specialized leaves to catch and consume small insects for nutrition.

Adjective:

Referring to or characteristic of the Venus's flytrap plant.

Sample Sentence:

She was fascinated by the Venus's flytrap's unique mechanism for catching prey.

Verb:

To catch or trap someone or something as if in a Venus's flytrap.

Sample Sentence:

The detective cleverly Venus's flytrapped the suspect by setting up a deceptive situation.

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