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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: tipitiwitchet, dionaea
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noun
A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
From Venus (after the resemblance of the leaves to a human vulva) + flytrap (after the insectivorous nature of the plant).
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