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    GENUS DIONAEA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of the family Droseraceaeplay

    Synonyms:

    Dionaea; genus Dionaea

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus 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 "genus 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 ("genus Dionaea" is a member of...):

    Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)

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