Assertion: carnivorous plant | /r/CapableOf | obtain their nitrogen
Facets:
value: through the bodies of animals
type: MANNER
value: through roots
type: MANNER
value: from the soil
type: LOCATION
value: from their animal prey
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: into the plant
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: through their leaves
type: MANNER
value: by digesting prey
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Carnivorous plants live in bogs, where nitrates are in short supply, so they need to obtain their nitrogen by digesting prey instead.
text: But carnivorous plants absorb nitrogen from their animal prey through their leaves specially modified as traps.
text: Carnivorous plants (insect eating plants) live in these areas and survive by capturing an animal in a trap (a modified leaf), digesting the prey with enzymes, extracting nitrogen from the protein, and absorbing the nitrogen into the plant.
text: Whereas most plants get these nutrients from the soil via roots, carnivorous plants may obtain their nitrogen and phosphorous from the soil through roots and/or the bodies of animals that fall in their traps.5