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SUNDEW PLANT
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
Synonyms:
daily dew; sundew; sundew plant
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sundew plant" is a kind of...):
carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)
Holonyms ("sundew plant" is a member of...):
Drosera; genus Drosera (the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants)