SUNDEW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sundew mean? 

• SUNDEW (noun)
  The noun SUNDEW has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SUNDEW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUNDEW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

daily dew; sundew; sundew plant

Hypernyms ("sundew" is a kind of...):

carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)

Holonyms ("sundew" is a member of...):

Drosera; genus Drosera (the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants)