Drosera

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Drosera \Dros"e*ra\ (dr[o^]s"[-e]*r[.a]), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
     drosero`s dewy.] (Bot.)
     A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of
     which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See {Sundew}.
     --Gray.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Drosera
       n : the type genus of Droseraceae including many low
           bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants [syn: {genus Drosera}]