dionaea

[ dahy-uh-nee-uh ]

noun

1. the Venus flytrap.

Word History and Origins

Origin of dionaea¹

< New Latin Dionaea (1773), the genus name < Greek Diōnaía, feminine of Diōnaîos pertaining to Diṓnē a metronymic name for Aphrodite; Dione

Example Sentences

It is an endless subject, and I must cut it short, and for this reason shall not do much on Dionaea.

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It is an aquatic Dionaea, which has acquired some structures identical with those of Utricularia!

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Came that day which was the time appointed by Diana Triformis for her visit to Dionaea.

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Druga related to Eos all the events that had transpired since the lopping off of Dionaea's head.

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He lay there all night, waiting for his own life's blood to reanimate the mind of Dionaea.

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