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Also Known As	Solanum

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Eggplant plant (Solanum melongena) with broad green leaves and a single large, glossy purple fruit hanging from the stem.

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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

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trees deciduous and coniferous. trees grow on a bank of a forest in springtime in Alberta, British Columbia, Canada. logging, forestry, wood, lumber, wilderness

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