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sundew |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sundew n : 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}]
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