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Also Known As	Ilex

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Clusters of bright red berries and glossy, spiny-edged green leaves on an American holly (Ilex opaca) shrub.

Cluster of bright red berries and glossy, spiny green leaves of the European holly shrub, Ilex aquifolium.

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Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous