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Definition of Flytrap

1. Noun. A trap for catching flies.

Definition of Flytrap

1. n. A trap for catching flies.

Definition of Flytrap

1. Noun. A trap for catching flies ¹

2. Noun. Venus flytrap, an insectivorous plant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Flytrap

1. a trap for catching flies [n -S]

Medical Definition of Flytrap

1. 1 . A trap for catching flies. 2. A plant (Dionaea muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flytrap

Literary usage of Flytrap

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Interesting Neighbors by Oliver Peebles Jenkins (1922)
"VENUS flytrap The most wonderful of all the insect eating plants is the Venus flytrap. ... The Venus flytrap is a very ..."

2. Healthy Living by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow, Walter Camp (1920)
"HOW TO MAKE A flytrap» The Size of the Trap.—The conical hoop trap consists essentially of a screen cylinder with a frame made of barrel hoops, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americanaedited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1903)
"too, the Venus flytrap is called Carolina catch- fly. See CARNIVOROUS PLANTS; LYCHNIS; SILENE. käri-brä-ze, France, a town in the department of Nord, ..."

4. Healthy Living, the Body and how to Keep it Well by Charles-Edward Amory Winslow (1917)
"APPENDIX HOW TO MAKE A flytrap » The Size of the Trap.—The conical hoop trap consists essentially of a screen cylinder with a frame made of barrel hoops, ..."

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