Venus flytrap

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Etymology

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

Noun

Venus flytrap (plural Venus flytraps)

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

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