Venus flytrap

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  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.
  2. A kind of barbed trap used in the Vietnam War.

词形变化

Venus flytraps plural Venus' flytrap alternative Venus fly trap alternative Venus's flytrap alternative

词源

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