flytrap
part of speech
noun (a flytrap, flytraps); usually «Venus flytrap»
meaning for a pupil
1) A flytrap, or Venus flytrap, is a plant whose leaves snap shut like jaws to catch flies and other insects, which it then digests. tree →
2) A flytrap can also be any device that catches flies, like a sticky strip. tree →
3) (slang, humorous) «Flytrap» can jokingly mean a person's open mouth. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science lessons the Venus flytrap is an example of a carnivorous plant: it grows in poor, boggy soil, so it gets extra nutrients from insects. Tiny trigger hairs inside the leaf must be touched twice quickly before it closes. It grows wild only in a small area of North and South Carolina in the USA. Phrases: «Venus flytrap», «snap shut», «carnivorous plant».
examples
- The Venus flytrap snapped shut on the fly. tree →
- Flytraps catch insects because their soil has few nutrients. tree →
- Don't poke the flytrap with your finger — it wastes its energy. tree →
- Our class grew a flytrap on the windowsill. tree →
- The trap reopens after about a week once the insect is digested. tree →
- Dad hung a sticky flytrap in the kitchen. tree →
- «Shut your flytrap!» said the cartoon pirate rudely. tree →
note
Plural «flytraps». Usually written «Venus flytrap» with a capital V (named after the goddess Venus). Myth: flytraps do not eat people or large animals; they catch small insects and spiders. Flytraps still make food from sunlight like other plants.
In the corpora
- The Venus flytrap is a plant that counts.
- A Venus flytrap shuts in a fraction of a second when two trigger hairs inside the trap are touched within about 20 seconds.
- Venus flytraps grow wild only in one small area of North and South Carolina in the USA.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «flytrap» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.