Flytrap

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A trap for catching flies.
  • n. An insectivorous plant, such as the Venus flytrap.
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  • n. A trap for catching flies
  • n. Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A trap for catching flies.
  • n. A plant (Dionæa muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, having two-lobed leaves which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain sensitive hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus trapping insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves. The plant is native to North and South Carolina, growing in bogs.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A trap to catch flies.
  • n. In botany, the Apocynum androsæmifolium, which captures insects by means of its irritable throat-appendages.
  • n. In botany: The pitcher-plant, Sarracenia purpurea; also the trumpet-leaf, S. flava, the leaves of which entrap flies and other insects.
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  • n. a trap for catching flies
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    trap   
    Cross Reference
    venus's fly-trap   
    Variant
    venus's flytrap   
     
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