Venus flytrap

See also: Venus' flytrap and Venus fly trap

English

Alternative forms

Venus' flytrap, Venus's flytrap

Noun

Venus flytrap (plural Venus flytraps)

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

(Dionaea muscipula): tipitiwitchet, dionaea

Translations

Dionaea muscipula

Chinese:
Mandarin: 捕蠅草 (zh), 捕蝇草 (zh) (bǔyíngcǎo)
Finnish: kärpäsloukku (fi)

French: dionée (fr) f
German: Venusfliegenfalle (de) f
Italian: pigliamosche (it) m

See also

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