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Noun

carnivorous plant - plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals
herbaceous plant, herb aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
pitcher plant any of several insectivorous herbs of the order Sarraceniales
daily dew, sundew, sundew plant any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
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
aldrovanda vesiculosa, waterwheel plant floating aquatic carnivorous perennial of central and southern Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia having whorls of 6 to 9 leaves ending in hinged lobes for capturing e.g. water fleas
drosophyllum lusitanicum perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco
roridula either of 2 species of the genus Roridula; South African viscid perennial low-growing woody shrubs
bladderwort any of numerous aquatic carnivorous plants of the genus Utricularia some of whose leaves are modified as small urn-shaped bladders that trap minute aquatic animals
butterwort any of numerous carnivorous bog plants of the genus Pinguicula having showy purple or yellow or white flowers and a rosette of basal leaves coated with a sticky secretion to trap small insects
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carnivorous plant - Any of several unrelated plants modified to capture and digest animals, especially insects, which supply nitrogen that may otherwise be unavailable in their habitat.

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