sundew

[ suhn-doo, -dyoo ]

/ ˈsʌnˌdu, -ˌdyu /

noun

any of several small, carnivorous bog plants of the genus Drosera, having sticky hairs that trap insects.

Also called dew plant, rosa solis.

Origin of sundew

1570–80; <Dutch sondauw (compare German Sonnentau), translation of Latin rōs sōlis dew of the sun

Words nearby sundew

Sunday school, Sunday supplement, sun deck, sunder, Sunderland, sundew, sundial, sun disc, sun disk, sundog, sundown

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Example sentences from the Web for sundew

Again, the mossy bog may glisten in the sun, and thousands of sundew plants with their pink leaves are growing upon the surface.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1899|Various
He speaks in one of his letters of his intention of working at Sundew as a rest from the Descent of Man.
Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters|Charles Darwin
The member of this species best known to British botanists is the sundew.
The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.|Various
One of these, the sundew, has leaves which are covered on one side with tiny glandular hairs.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter

And on the marge were blue campanula, sundew, and forget-me-not, such as no child could resist.
Lorna Doone|R. D. Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for sundew

sundew

/ (ˈsʌnˌdjuː) /

noun

any of several bog plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects: family Droseraceae

Word Origin for sundew

C16: translation of Latin ros solis

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单词	sundew
释义	sundew [ suhn-doo, -dyoo ] / ˈsʌnˌdu, -ˌdyu / noun any of several small, carnivorous bog plants of the genus Drosera, having sticky hairs that trap insects. Also called dew plant, rosa solis. Origin of sundew 1570–80; <Dutch sondauw (compare German Sonnentau), translation of Latin rōs sōlis dew of the sun Words nearby sundew Sunday school, Sunday supplement, sun deck, sunder, Sunderland, sundew, sundial, sun disc, sun disk, sundog, sundown Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sundew Again, the mossy bog may glisten in the sun, and thousands of sundew plants with their pink leaves are growing upon the surface. Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, November 1899\|Various He speaks in one of his letters of his intention of working at Sundew as a rest from the Descent of Man. Charles Darwin: His Life in an Autobiographical Chapter, and in a Selected Series of His Published Letters\|Charles Darwin The member of this species best known to British botanists is the sundew. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.\|Various One of these, the sundew, has leaves which are covered on one side with tiny glandular hairs. A Civic Biology\|George William Hunter And on the marge were blue campanula, sundew, and forget-me-not, such as no child could resist. Lorna Doone\|R. D. Blackmore British Dictionary definitions for sundew sundew / (ˈsʌnˌdjuː) / noun any of several bog plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects: family Droseraceae Word Origin for sundew C16: translation of Latin ros solis Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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