drosera
[ dros-er-uh ]
noun
any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
Origin of drosera
1<New Latin (Linnaeus), the genus name <Greek droserá, feminine of droserós dewy, equivalent to drós(os) dew + -eros adj. suffix
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How to use drosera in a sentence
It is very curious, but Trecul disbelieves that drosera really clasps flies!
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinThe latter I want about some strange movements in cells of drosera, which Meyen alone seems to have observed.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinI shall work away next summer when drosera opens again, for I am much interested in subject.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinYou know that I always so like telling you what I do, that you must forgive me scribbling on my beloved drosera.
More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II | Charles DarwinIt is pretty to see how the caught flies support drosera; nothing else can live.
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