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Dionaea   Listen
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Dionaea  n.  (Bot.) An insectivorous plant. See Venus's flytrap.






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"Dionaea" Quotes from Famous Books



... aware of any other case of extra-stomachal digestion having been recorded. The boa- constrictor is said to bathe its prey with saliva, but this is doubtful; and it is done solely for the sake of lubricating its prey. Perhaps the nearest analogy may be found in such plants as Drosera and Dionaea; for here animal matter is digested and converted into peptone not within a stomach, but on the ...
— The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the action of worms with • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Dionaea" :   Droseraceae, dicot genus, Venus's flytrap, family Droseraceae, magnoliopsid genus



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