"protocarnivorous" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1998, Pierre Jolivet, Interrelationship Between Insects and Plants, CRC Press, page 101",
          "text": "Recently, a new distinction has been made between the classical carnivorous plants, terrestrial or aquatic, and the newly discovered protocarnivorous plants.",
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          "ref": "2007, Carolyn Dodson, William W. Dunmire, Mountain Wildflowers of the Southern Rockies: Revealing Their Natural History, University of New Mexico Press, page 45",
          "text": "Pinedrops and other protocarnivorous species have an advantage over other plants in situations where soil nitrogen is scarce.",
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          "text": "The abundance of dead and decaying animals turns the traps into attractive habits for different organisms. Carnivorous and protocarnivorous plants employ two different strategies to face this challenge: […]",
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        "(botany, of a plant) Capable of trapping and killing insects or other animals but lacking the ability to digest or absorb nutrients from its prey."
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