dionaea
See also: Dionaea
English edit
Etymology edit
From translingual Dionaea, from Ancient Greek Διωναία (Diōnaía), a name of Aphrodite.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dionaea (plural dionaeas)
- (botany, now rare) Venus flytrap
- 2001, The Garden, volume 126, page 258:
- He managed, in his enthusiasm, to kill several dionaeas by closing the traps with the tip of a pencil as soon as they opened, eventually exhausting them.
References edit
- “dionæa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.