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Sundew

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leaves and grow in boggy ground all over the world.
  2. 2
    any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution wordnet

Etymology

From sun + dew. Cognate with Dutch zonnedauw, Icelandic sóldögg, German Sonnentau.

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