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1. (n.) sundew
any of several small bog or aquatic plants, esp. of the genus
Drosera.
Etymology: (1570–80)
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1. (noun) sundew, sundew plant, daily dew
any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
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1. (noun) Sundew
any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort
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