HyperDic: sundew

English > 1 sense of the word sundew:
NOUNplantsundew, sundew plant, daily dewany of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects
English > sundew: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningAny of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution.
Synonymssundew plant, daily dew
Member ofDrosera, genus DroseraThe type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants
Broadercarnivorous plantplants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals

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