(n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew.
Example Sentences:
(1) In the UK, pitchers can grow to more than 4ft tall, while the microscopic flower of the tiny sundew Drosera pygmaea projects an alien world in miniature.
(2) In contrast, the stalked glands of the leaves of Drosera capensis are much longer lived and have a complex anatomy.
(3) Recent work on secretion in plants is reviewed, with emphasis on the anatomy and physiology of root cap cells in higher plants, the stalked glands of Drosera capensis, and the secretory mechanism of Dionaea muscipula.
Sundew
Definition:
(n.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) Sundew use beads of treacly glue to trap flies on their finger-like leaves.
(2) In the UK, pitchers can grow to more than 4ft tall, while the microscopic flower of the tiny sundew Drosera pygmaea projects an alien world in miniature.
(3) In the New Forest look underfoot for sundews, butterworts and even the odd Venus flytrap.