DIONAEA MUSCIPULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dionaea muscipula mean? 

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

1. carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIONAEA MUSCIPULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

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

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

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

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

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