Sundew

2 definitions found

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

  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}.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]