Meanings
noundionaea (plural dionaeas)
plural dionaeas
- archaicbiologyVenus flytrap
He managed, in his enthusiasm, to kill several dionaeas by closing the traps with the tip of a pencil as soon as they opened, eventually exhausting them.
2001, The Garden, volume 126, page 258
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Origin
- Ancient GreekΔιωναία
- translingualDionaea
- Englishdionaea
From translingual Dionaea, from Ancient Greek Διωναία (Diōnaía), a name of Aphrodite.
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Rhymes with dionaea
viaideaKoreaeamariaTanzaniaLuciaGarciamiaEritrealeaBeadiarrheaLeahsheariaureaHoseapizzeriaSandiatortillaPadillaTheachia
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APA
dionaea. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dionaea
MLA
“dionaea.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dionaea. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dionaea,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dionaea.
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