noun
Utricularia bifida; a species of bladderwort
A small carnivorous plant native to East and Southeast Asia. The Japanese name literally means 'ear-pick plant', referring to the shape of its flower resembling an ear pick.
湿地でミミカキグサを見つけた。
I found a bladderwort (Utricularia bifida) in the marsh.
ミミカキグサは小さな黄色い花を咲かせる。
Utricularia bifida produces small yellow flowers.
耳かき means 'ear pick', the tool. ミミカキグサ is the plant named after its ear-pick-shaped flower.
Compound of 耳かき (mimikaki, 'ear pick') + 草 (kusa, 'grass/plant'), from the resemblance of the flower to an ear pick. The exact historical derivation is uncertain.