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DIONAEA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A genus of the family Droseraceae
Synonyms:
Dionaea; genus Dionaea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Dionaea" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Dionaea"):
Dionaea muscipula; Venus's flytrap; Venus's flytraps (carnivorous plant of coastal plains of the Carolinas having sensitive hinged marginally bristled leaf blades that close and entrap insects)
Holonyms ("Dionaea" is a member of...):
Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)