Venus flytrap

See also: Venus' flytrap and Venus fly trap

English

A Venus flytrap

Alternative forms

• Venus' flytrap, Venus fly trap, Venus's flytrap

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 (Dionaea muscipula) of the savannas of North and South Carolina, with hinged leaves bordered with stiff hairs that close when an insect alights on them.

   Synonyms: tipitiwitchet, dionaea

2. A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.

Derived terms

• penis fly trap
• Venus flytrap sea anemone (Actinoscyphia aurelia)

Translations

Dionaea muscipula

• Catalan: dionea f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 捕蠅草 / 捕蝇草 (zh) (bǔyíngcǎo)

• Czech: mucholapka podivná (cs) f
• Dutch: venusvliegenvanger (nl) m, vliegenvanger (nl) m, venusvliegenval m
• Esperanto: muŝkaptulo
• Finnish: kärpäsloukku (fi)
• French: dionée (fr) f
• German: Venusfliegenfalle (de) f
• Greek: διωναία f (dionaía)
• Irish: cuilghaiste Véineas m
• Italian: dionea (it) f, acchiappamosche m, venere acchiappamosche f, pigliamosche (it) m
• Japanese: 蠅取草 (ja) (はえとりぐさ, haetorigusa)
• Korean: 파리지옥 (parijiok)
• Polish: muchołówka (pl) f, muchołówka amerykańska f
• Portuguese: planta-carnívora f, dioneia (pt) f, apanha-moscas f, papa-moscas (pt) f
• Swedish: venusflugfälla (sv) c, Venus flugfälla c
• Thai: กาบหอยแครง (gàap-hɔ̌ɔi-krɛɛng)
• Turkish: sinekkapan (tr)
• Vietnamese: bẫy kẹp
• Welsh: magl Gwener f
• Yiddish: פֿליגן־כאַפּער m (flign-khaper)

See also

• Droseraceae
• insectivore

References

• “Venus flytrap”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Venus flytrap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dionaea muscipula on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Dionaea muscipula on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons