Venus's flytrap

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Venus flytrap

or Venus' flytrap also Venus's flytrap

An insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the coastal plain of the Carolinas. It has hinged two-lobed leaves that close to entrap insects that land on them.

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Venus's flytrap - carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects

Dionaea muscipula, Venus's flytraps

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

Dionaea, genus Dionaea - a genus of the family Droseraceae

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What happens when a fly gets caught in a Venus's flytrap? It's so gross, you may not want to know.