Definition of Dionaea

1. Noun. A genus of the family Droseraceae.


Definition of Dionaea

1. Noun. (botany) Venus flytrap ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Dionaea

1. An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. A name of Aphrodite. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dionaea

diogenites
diogenitic
dioic
dioicus
diol
diolamine
diolate
diolefin
diolefins
diolein
dioleins
diols
diomedea
diomignite
dionaea (current term)
dionaeas
diones
dionine
dionysia
dionysiac
dionysias
dioon
dioperad
dioperads
diophantine
diopside
diopsides
diopsidic
dioptase

Literary usage of Dionaea

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

1. Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin (1889)
"CHAPTER XIV. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA. Captures crustaceans — Structure of the leaves in comparison with those of dionaea — Absorption by the glands, ..."

2. Catalogue by Linnean society of London libr (1866)
"Description of the dionaea muscipula. (Printed with the preceding.) 4to. Beschreibung der dionaea muscipula; iibersetzt von JCD Schreber. ..."

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