SUNDEW

sundew, sundew plant, daily dew

(noun) any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sundew (plural sundews)

Any of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leafs and grow in boggy ground all over the world.

Anagrams

• unweds

Source: Wiktionary

Sun"dew`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition