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sundew en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From sun + dew. Cognate with Dutch zonnedauw, Icelandic sóldögg, German Sonnentau.

Meanings

1. Any of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leaves and grow in boggy ground all over the world.
   • I had always been fascinated by the way the sundew attracts insects with its bright color and false promise of nectar. 1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 553:

Forms

Deriveds

forked sundew · fork-leaved sundew · Cape sundew · showy sundew

Translations (29)

fr rossolis (group of insectivorous plants) · ja 毛氈苔 (group of insectivorous plants) · vi gọng vó (group of insectivorous plants) · pl rosiczka (group of insectivorous plants) · cmn 毛氈苔 /毛毡苔 (group of insectivorous plants) · ro roua-cerului (group of insectivorous plants) · pt drósera (group of insectivorous plants) · fr droséra (group of insectivorous plants) · sh rosulja (group of insectivorous plants) · nl zonnedauw (group of insectivorous plants) · is sóldögg (group of insectivorous plants) · ro roua-soarelui (group of insectivorous plants) · da soldug (group of insectivorous plants) · de Sonnentau (group of insectivorous plants) · th หยาดน้ำค้าง (group of insectivorous plants) · ja サンデュー (group of insectivorous plants) · haw mikinalo (group of insectivorous plants) · el δροσέρα (group of insectivorous plants) · ru рося́нка (group of insectivorous plants) · mi wahu (group of insectivorous plants) · mg kimatanandro (group of insectivorous plants) · bg рося́нка (group of insectivorous plants) · sv sileshår (group of insectivorous plants) · fi kihokki (group of insectivorous plants) · es rocío del sol (group of insectivorous plants) · it rosolida (group of insectivorous plants) · fo sóldøgg (group of insectivorous plants) · mg mahatanando (group of insectivorous plants) · no soldogg (group of insectivorous plants)