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Sundew - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sundew : (noun)
1: any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves
covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects;
cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: sundew plant, daily
dew]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sundew : \Sun"dew`\, n. (Bot.)
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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