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Venus flytrap

Venus flytrap noun: an insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the savannas of North and South Carolina, with hinged leaves bordered with stiff hairs that close when an insect alights on them.

venus flytrap: an insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the savannas of North and South Carolina, with hinged...
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Noun

Venus flytrap (plural Venus flytraps)

  1. An insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the savannas of North and South Carolina, with hinged leaves bordered with stiff hairs that close when an insect alights on them.
  2. A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.

Venus flytrap meaning in Tamil, Thai and Vietnamese

Venus flytrap in Tamil

வீனஸ் பொறிச் செடி

Venus flytrap in Thai

Dionaea muscipula
กาบหอยแครง gàap-hɔ̌ɔi-krɛɛng

Venus flytrap in Vietnamese

Dionaea muscipula
bẫy kẹp

Synonyms of Venus flytrap

Forms of Venus flytrap

pluralVenus flytraps
alternative formVenus' flytrap
alternative formVenus fly trap
alternative formVenus's flytrap

Origin of Venus flytrap

From Venus (after the resemblance of the leaves to a human vulva) + flytrap (after the insectivorous nature of the plant).

Words formed from Venus flytrap

Questions about Venus flytrap

What does Venus flytrap mean?
Venus flytrap means an insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the savannas of North and South Carolina, with hinged leaves bordered with stiff hairs that close when an insect alights on them.
What is Venus flytrap in Tamil?
Venus flytrap in Tamil is வீனஸ் பொறிச் செடி. See Venus flytrap meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Venus flytrap?
Venus flytrap is a noun.
What is the plural of Venus flytrap?
The plural of Venus flytrap is Venus flytraps.

Words near Venus flytrap in the dictionary

  1. Venus comb
  2. Venus de Milo
  3. Venus figurine
  4. Venus fly trap
  5. Venus fly traps
  6. Venus flytrap
  7. Venus flytrap sea anemone
  8. Venus flytrap sea anemones
  9. Venus flytraps
  10. Venus girdle
  11. Venus hair fern

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Venus flytrap (page history and authors); venus flytrap (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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