VENUS'S FLYTRAP

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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

Synonyms:

Dionaea muscipula; Venus's flytrap; Venus's flytraps

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Venus's flytrap" is a kind of...):

carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)

Holonyms ("Venus's flytrap" is a member of...):

Dionaea; genus Dionaea (a genus of the family Droseraceae)