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单词 venus's-flytrap
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Venus's-flytrap

[ vee-nuh-siz-flahy-trap ]
/ ˈvi nə sɪzˈflaɪˌtræp /

noun

a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant.
Also called Venus flytrap.

Origin of Venus's-flytrap

An Americanism dating back to 1760–70

Words nearby Venus's-flytrap

Venus de Milo, Venus figure, Venus hairstone, Venusian, Venus's flower basket, Venus's-flytrap, Venus's girdle, Venus's-hair, Venus shell, Venus's looking glass, Venus statuette
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British Dictionary definitions for Venus's-flytrap

Venus's-flytrap

Venus flytrap


noun

an insectivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, of Carolina, having hinged two-lobed leaves that snap closed when the sensitive hairs on the surface are touched: family DroseraceaeSee also sundew, pitcher plant, butterwort
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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