Venus flytrap

See also: Venus' flytrap and Venus fly trap

English

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 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.

Translations

Dionaea muscipula

• 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)
• Italian: dionea f, acchiappamosche m, venere acchiappamosche f, pigliamosche (it) m
• Japanese: 蠅取草 (はえとりぐさ, haetorigusa)
• Korean: 파리지옥 (parijiok)
• Portuguese: planta-carnívora f, dioneia (pt) f, apanha-moscas f, papa-moscas (pt) f
• Swedish: venusflugfälla (sv) c, Venus flugfälla c
• Turkish: sinekkapan (tr)

See also

• carnivorous plant
• Droseraceae
• insectivore