drosera

[ dros-er-uh ]

noun

1. any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.

Word History and Origins

Origin of drosera¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus), the genus name < Greek droserá, feminine of droserós dewy, equivalent to drós ( os ) dew + -eros adj. suffix

Example Sentences

It is very curious, but Trecul disbelieves that Drosera really clasps flies!

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The latter I want about some strange movements in cells of Drosera, which Meyen alone seems to have observed.

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I shall work away next summer when Drosera opens again, for I am much interested in subject.

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You know that I always so like telling you what I do, that you must forgive me scribbling on my beloved Drosera.

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It is pretty to see how the caught flies support Drosera; nothing else can live.

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