Venus flytrap

短语

捕蝇草

词形变化

Venus flytraps 复数 Venus flytraps

别名

Venus' flytrap Venus fly trap Venus's flytrap

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An insectivorous plant of the savannas of North and South Carolina, Dionaea muscipula; the leaves are hinged and bordered with stiff hairs, and close when an insect alights on them.

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  2. 2.

    A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.

词源

From Venus (after the resemblance of the leaves to a human vulva) + flytrap (after the insectivorous nature of the plant).

来源：wiktionary