Carnivorous Plant (Noun)
Meaning
Plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, obtains essential nutrients by capturing and digesting insects.
- In bogs and fens, carnivorous plants like sundews and pitcher plants thrive in environments with poor soil quality.
- The pitcher plant's slippery leaves guide insects into a deep cup, where they are digested by digestive enzymes.
- Carnivorous plants have evolved unique structures to obtain nutrients, such as the bladderwort's bladder-like traps.
- In the greenhouse, the owner carefully tended to the carnivorous plants, feeding them live insects to supplement their nutrient intake.