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Carnivorous plant   /kɑrnˈɪvərəs plænt/   Listen
Carnivorous plant

noun
1.
Plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals.





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"Carnivorous plant" Quotes from Famous Books



... Dunstan, the naturalist, discovered it long ago while wandering on the shores of the lake. Attracted by the cries of pain and terror from his dog, he found the animal held by black sticky bands which had chafed the skin to bleeding point. These bands were branches of a newly-discovered carnivorous plant which had been aptly named the 'land octopus.' The branches are flexible, black, polished and without leaves, ...
— A Series of Lessons in Gnani Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka


Words linked to "Carnivorous plant" :   herb, Drosophyllum lusitanicum, roridula, Dionaea muscipula, sundew plant, Venus's flytrap, daily dew, Venus's flytraps, pitcher plant, sundew, herbaceous plant, Aldrovanda vesiculosa, butterwort, genlisea, waterwheel plant, bladderwort


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