insectivorous plants
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a plant that captures and digests insects either passively (as the common pitcher plant or the sundew) or by the movement of certain organs (as the Venus's-flytrap) — compare droseraceae, lentibulariaceae, sarraceniaceae
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Explanation:
These plants are specialised in trapping insects and are popularly known as insectivorous plants.
They are very different from normal plants in their mode of nutrition. They, however never prey upon humans or large animals as often depicted in fiction.
Insectivorous plants can broadly be divided into active and passive types based on their method of trapping their prey.
• The active ones can close their leaf traps the moment insects land on them.
• The passive plants have a 'pitfall' mechanism, having some kind of jar or pitcher - like structure into which the insect slips and falls to eventually be digested.
The insectivorous plants often have several attractions such as brilliant colours, sweet secretions and other curios to lure their innocent victims.