any of various insectivorous plants, esp Venus's flytrap
2.
a device for catching flies
flytrap in American English
(ˈflaɪˌtræp)
noun
1.
any device for catching flies
2.
a plant that catches insects, as the Venus' flytrap
flytrap in American English
(ˈflaiˌtræp)
noun
1.
any of various plants that entrap insects, esp. Venus's-flytrap
2.
a trap for flies
Word origin
[1765–75; fly2 + trap1]This word is first recorded in the period 1765–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bonus, civilization, guidance, lightweight, pile driver
Examples of 'flytrap' in a sentence
flytrap
So it would take 1,517 years for one flytrap to eat one chopped-up man.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
I do still wonder, though, when the very first flytrap snapped shut.