daily dew

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
Syn: ↑sundew, ↑sundew plant
Hypernyms: ↑carnivorous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Drosera, ↑genus Drosera

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