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Venus flytrap
noun
Venus fly·trap
-ˈflī-ˌtrap 
: an insectivorous plant (Dionaea muscipula) of the sundew family of the Carolina coast with the leaf apex modified into an insect trap
called also Venus's-flytrap
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The gravitational pull of the World Series win, coupled with the possibility of multiple more to come, has become baseball’s Venus flytrap.
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Would sending them thank-you Venus flytraps via FedEx be considered an overstep?
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Featuring green skin, fiery red tresses, and toxic red lips, Poison Ivy even comes armed with a Venus flytrap and bow and arrow.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The creatures use their hoods to trap prey—primarily shrimp—with a technique akin to how a Venus flytrap captures bugs.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Find peace in the Zen Garden, a traditional Japanese space for meditation, or gander at the Carnivorous Bog Garden, with Venus flytraps with jaws wide open.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
Carnivorous plants have evolved all kinds of traps and tricks to capture their prey, from the snapping jaws of Venus flytraps to the slippery walls of pitcher plants.
—Bykevin McLean, science.org, 13 Feb. 2024
Perhaps Wilmington’s greatest boast is its Venus flytraps.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Life How Venus flytraps give scientists insights on consciousness and anesthesia
Anesthesia causes animals and humans to lose consciousness.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
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Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2025
Would sending them thank-you Venus flytraps via FedEx be considered an overstep?
—Mitch Wallace, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
Featuring green skin, fiery red tresses, and toxic red lips, Poison Ivy even comes armed with a Venus flytrap and bow and arrow.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Nov. 2024
The creatures use their hoods to trap prey—primarily shrimp—with a technique akin to how a Venus flytrap captures bugs.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
Find peace in the Zen Garden, a traditional Japanese space for meditation, or gander at the Carnivorous Bog Garden, with Venus flytraps with jaws wide open.
—Judy Garrison, Southern Living, 16 Oct. 2024
Carnivorous plants have evolved all kinds of traps and tricks to capture their prey, from the snapping jaws of Venus flytraps to the slippery walls of pitcher plants.
—Bykevin McLean, science.org, 13 Feb. 2024
Perhaps Wilmington’s greatest boast is its Venus flytraps.
—John Jeremiah Sullivan, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2024
Life How Venus flytraps give scientists insights on consciousness and anesthesia
Anesthesia causes animals and humans to lose consciousness.
—Big Think, 24 June 2024
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