Venus flytraps

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  plural

  The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.

  of Venus flytrap.
  Venus flytrap

  noun

  a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North Carolina and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when tiny, sensitive hairs on their inner surfaces are irritated, as by a fly: classified as a vulnerable species and currently known to exist naturally only in sites within 56 miles (90 kilometers) of Wilmington, North Carolina.

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Venus flytraps

Authorities in North Carolina have arrested two people in a case of poaching hundreds of Venus flytraps, which grow naturally in the eastern part of the state.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

That's just one of the findings in a new study that sequences the genome of Nepenthes gracilis, a species of carnivorous plant related to Venus flytraps, as well as sundews, beets and spinach.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 30, 2023

Venus flytraps snap shut using an electric countdown, and all cells harness ion flows to process energy.

From Scientific American ● Dec. 29, 2022

The Venus flytraps were simply not up to the task.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2021

The whole greenhouse came to life as vines tangled poxies, gigantic Venus flytraps gulped down demons, and trees swatted the waves of flies filling the air.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

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