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Noun: genlisea
  1. Rootless carnivorous swamp plants having at the base of the stem a rosette of foliage and leaves consisting of slender tubes swollen in the middle to form traps; each tube passes into two long spirally twisted arms with stiff hairs
    "Genlisea is sometimes called the corkscrew plant due to its unique trapping mechanism"

Type of: carnivorous plant

Part of: genus Genlisea

Encyclopedia: Genlisea