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drosophyllum Bot.|drəʊsəˈfɪləm|
[mod.L. (H. F. Link 1806, in Neues Jrnl. f. d. Botanik I. ii. 51), f. Gr. δρόσος dew + ϕύλλον leaf.]
An insectivorous plant of the genus of plants so named, belonging to the family Droseraceæ and consisting of a single species, Drosophyllum lusitanicum, found in southern Spain, Portugal, and north Africa.
1875C. Darwin Insectivorous Plants xv. 335 The glands of Drosophyllum, without being stimulated, continually secrete, so as to replace the loss by evaporation. 1894F. W. Oliver tr. Kerner's Nat. Hist. Plants I. 154 It is not surprising to find Drosophyllum covered at the same time with remains of besmeared dead bodies. 1901Daily News 5 Jan. 9/1 The lecturer..told how the drosophyllum went in for a sticky exudation that acted not as a deterrent, but as an actual death-trap. 1909Daily Chron. 18 Feb. 7/5 Portuguese farmers use the fly-catching drosophyllum instead of mechanical flytraps to clear their houses of insects. 1942F. E. Lloyd Carnivorous Plants viii. 102 Drosophyllum exercises its own proper power of digestion. |