"Venus flytrap" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Venus flytraps [plural]
Etymology: From Venus (after the resemblance of the leaves to a human vulva) + flytrap (after the insectivorous nature of the plant). Etymology templates: {{m|en|Venus}} Venus, {{m|en|flytrap}} flytrap Head templates: {{en-noun}} Venus flytrap (plural Venus flytraps)
  1. 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. Categories (lifeform): Carnivorous plants, Caryophyllales order plants Synonyms: tipitiwitchet, dionaea, Venus' flytrap, Venus fly trap, Venus's flytrap Related terms: Droseraceae, insectivore Translations (Dionaea muscipula): dionea [feminine] (Catalan), 捕蠅草 (Chinese Mandarin), 捕蝇草 (bǔyíngcǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), mucholapka podivná [feminine] (Czech), venusvliegenvanger [masculine] (Dutch), vliegenvanger [masculine] (Dutch), venusvliegenval [masculine] (Dutch), muŝkaptulo (Esperanto), kärpäsloukku (Finnish), dionée [feminine] (French), Venusfliegenfalle [feminine] (German), διωναία (dionaía) [feminine] (Greek), cuilghaiste Véineas [masculine] (Irish), dionea [feminine] (Italian), acchiappamosche [masculine] (Italian), venere acchiappamosche [feminine] (Italian), pigliamosche [masculine] (Italian), 蠅取草 (haetorigusa) (alt: はえとりぐさ) (Japanese), 파리지옥 (parijiok) (Korean), planta-carnívora [feminine] (Portuguese), dioneia [feminine] (Portuguese), apanha-moscas [feminine] (Portuguese), papa-moscas [feminine] (Portuguese), venusflugfälla [common-gender] (Swedish), Venus flugfälla [common-gender] (Swedish), กาบหอยแครง (gàap-hɔ̌ɔi-krɛɛng) (Thai), sinekkapan (Turkish), magl Gwener [feminine] (Welsh), פֿליגן־כאַפּער (flign-khaper) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-Venus_flytrap-en-noun-JwedRxni Disambiguation of Carnivorous plants: 53 47 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Dionaea muscipula': 80 20
  2. A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War. Categories (lifeform): Carnivorous plants, Caryophyllales order plants
    Sense id: en-Venus_flytrap-en-noun-Be76HNf- Disambiguation of Carnivorous plants: 53 47 Disambiguation of Caryophyllales order plants: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50

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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dioneia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "apanha-moscas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "papa-moscas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "venusflugfälla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "Venus flugfälla"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gàap-hɔ̌ɔi-krɛɛng",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "word": "กาบหอยแครง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "word": "sinekkapan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "magl Gwener"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "flign-khaper",
      "sense": "Dionaea muscipula",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿליגן־כאַפּער"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Venus flytrap"
  ],
  "word": "Venus flytrap"
}

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