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English Dictionary: Sundew by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sundew
n
  1. any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
    Synonym(s): sundew, sundew plant, daily dew
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sundew \Sun"dew`\, n. (Bot.)
      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}.
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