DIONAEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dionaea mean? 

• DIONAEA (noun)
  The noun DIONAEA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of the family Droseraceae

  Familiarity information: DIONAEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIONAEA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of the family Droseraceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dionaea; genus Dionaea

Hypernyms ("Dionaea" is a kind of...):

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Dionaea"):

Dionaea muscipula; Venus's flytrap; Venus's flytraps (carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects)

Holonyms ("Dionaea" is a member of...):

Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)