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DROSERA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants
Synonyms:
Drosera; genus Drosera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Drosera" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "Drosera"):
daily dew; sundew; sundew plant (any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution)
Holonyms ("Drosera" is a member of...):
Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)
