10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VENUS'S-FLYTRAP»
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Venus's-flytrap in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Venus's-flytrap and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Britannica Student Encyclopedia
The Venus's-flytrap is a plant that traps and eats insects. It belongs to a group of
carnivorous, or meat-eating, plants. This group also includes sundews and
pitcher plants. The scientific name of the Venus's-flytrap is Dionaea muscipula.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc, 2014
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Cyber Science 3' 2007 Ed.
How does a Venus's-flytrap differ from other plants? We often say that plants
make their own food and they are eaten by animals as food. There is a very
unique plant that eats animals. This plant that usually grows in the forest is known
as ...
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Making Medicine Scientific: John Burdon Sanderson and the ...
The representations of the electrical activity of the Venus's-flytrap and its animal
analogues, which he produced, are emblematic of Burdon Sanderson's vision of
experimental physiology.10 His representations also revealed the limitations of ...
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Planting the Future: Saving Our Medicinal Herbs
Well, the flytrap is just that someone . . . and my primordial yearning for retaliation
is jubilantly satisfied by the Venus's-flytrap's abiding entrapment and dissolution
of its namesake. For this I thank you, my carnivorous green comrades, and I ...
Rosemary Gladstar, Pamela Hirsch, 2000
NATURE Flytraps In Trouble THE Venus's-flytrap is winning a popularity contest.
Unfortunately, its prize might be death. This insect-eating plant is disappearing
from the wild. Poachers are illegally digging it up to sell to stores. The flytrap was
...
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Plant Electrophysiology: Signaling and Responses
Jaffe MJ (1973) The role of ATP in mechanically stimulated rapid closure of the
Venus's flytrap. Plant Physiol 51:17–18 Krol E, Dziubinska H, Stolarz M, Trebacz
K (2006) Effects of ion channel inhibitors on cold- and electrically-induced action
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Alexander G. Volkov, 2012
Venus's-flytrap is a plant that catches and digests insects. The plant has bright
green leaves that are hinged like a trap. The leaves are ringed with spikes or
bristles. When an insect brushes against these bristles, the leaf snaps shut. The
leaf ...
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Painless Research Projects
Imagine that you recently learned that a plant called Venus's-flytrap catches
insects and eats them. That sounds kind of weird, so you want to know more. You
find a book in the library called Meat-Eating Plants by Nathan Aaseng. You look
at ...
Rebecca Elliott, James Elliott, 1998
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Greenhouse Gardener's Companion: Growing Food and Flowers in ...
See "Bulbs — Forcing Spring Bulbs for Winter Bloom" (p. 184). Venus's Flytrap (
Dionaea muscipula) There is always a fascination with any plant that has the
ability to move on its own accord. When you combine that with a carnivorous
habit, ...
Shane Smith, Marjorie C. Leggitt, 2000
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Science Action Labs Plant Science: Learning about Plant Life
Venus's-flytrap grows in wet soils of North and South Carolina. They can also be
grown in greenhouses. Venus's-flytrap ... The Venus's-flytrap plant is only about
one foot (.30 m) high. Each leaf has two lobes on the end. The lobes are hinged ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VENUS'S-FLYTRAP»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Venus's-flytrap is used in the context of the following news items.
Press Clips: Kudos to Difi on Weapons — and WCs
Dianne at one point made a political statement by having a Venus's-flytrap placed in the men's marble urinal. Supervisor John Molinari claimed to have watered ... «Calbuzz, Apr 13»
McCain: Four More Years of Mumbling? (Guest Voice)
He's like a Venus's-flytrap — you think you're smelling roses when no matter how sweet the odor, it is really poison gas. He's a communicator, not a mumbler. «The Moderate Voice, Jun 08»
