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- Triffid - Wikipedia
The triffid is a fictional tall, mobile, carnivorous plant species, created by John Wyndham in his 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids, which has since been adapted for film and television The word "triffid" has become a common reference in British English to describe large, invasive or menacing-looking plants
- Triffid - Triffidus celestus - Carnivorous Plant Resource
Triffidus celestus, or Triffid, is an ambulatory, highly venomous carnivorous plant with unknown origins (see: ‘History Of’ below) that can grow to an average height of 7 feet (2 1 m) but has been sighted at heights exceeding 10 feet (3 m)
- Triffid | The H. P. Lovecraft Wiki | Fandom
The Triffids are bio-engineered organisms created by John Wyndham for his 1951 novel The Day of the Triffids and later incorporated into the Cthulhu Mythos by Chaosium in their Call of Cthulhu role-playing game (which book?) The Triffids are hostile plants with a straight stem from which its mouth appears and four stick-like protrusions which they use as legs The Triffids were theorised to
- The Day of the Triffids (1963) - IMDb
The film follows the story of a meteorite shower that beings down a new species of plant - the man-eating triffid! And, not only that, but the glare of the shower has blinded almost the entire population of the world; which is bound to lead only to trouble
- Triffid | Alien Species | Fandom
The Triffids are a species of large, carnivorous, semi-sapient vegetation, whose spores come down to Earth during a meteor shower This plant-like life form can uproot itself and move about, and has a lethal sting They dissolve in contact with seawater The Triffids have long stings and presumably communicate through tapping of stems on their bodies They can also move, albeit at a slow speed
- The Day of the Triffids - Encyclopedia Britannica
The novel is set in London in a world which has become dependent on the oil produced by the recently introduced triffid plant Triffids, however, can grow to a height of 7 feet (2 1 m), can walk on their roots, are carnivorous, and possess a lethal stinger
- Triffid - Encyclopedia. com
triffid in the science fiction novel The Day of the Triffids (1951) by John Wyndham, the triffids are a race of predatory plants which are capable of growing to a gigantic size and are possessed of locomotor ability and a poisonous sting The name is used allusively of plants showing vigorous growth, or more widely to denote invasive and rapid
- Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction: triffid
triffid n in John Wyndham’s novel The Day of the Triffids: one of a race of malevolent alien plants which threaten to overrun the world Frequently in fig or allusive use SF Encyclopedia Aliens
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