DROSOPHYLLUM LUSITANICUM

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Meaning:

Perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Drosophyllum lusitanicum" is a kind of...):

carnivorous plant (plants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals)

Holonyms ("Drosophyllum lusitanicum" is a member of...):

Drosophyllum; genus Drosophyllum (one species)

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