Venus flytrap

See also: Venus' flytrap and Venus fly trap

English

Alternative forms

• Venus' flytrap, Venus's flytrap

Noun

Venus flytrap (plural Venus flytraps)

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.

Synonyms

• (Dionaea muscipula): tipitiwitchet, dionaea

Translations

Dionaea muscipula

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捕蠅草／捕蝇草 (zh) (bǔyíngcǎo), 捕蝇草 (zh) (bǔyíngcǎo)

• Finnish: kärpäsloukku (fi)
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• French: dionée (fr) f
• German: Venusfliegenfalle (de) f
• Italian: pigliamosche (it) m

See also

• carnivorous plant
• Droseraceae
• insectivore