/vee"neuh siz fluy"trap'/ , n.
a carnivorous plant, Dionaea muscipula, native to bogs of North and South Carolina, having roundish leaves with two lobes that close like a trap when certain delicate hairs on them are irritated, as by a fly: the range is now reduced, though the plants are still locally abundant. Also called Venus flytrap .
[ 1760-70, Amer. ]