1) Carniverous houseplant 2) Dicot genus 3) Genus drosera 4) Genus of insect-eating plants 5) Magnoliopsid genus 6) Mythological Greek character
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Drosera, commonly known as the sundews, comprise one of the largest genera of carnivorous plants, with at least 194 species. These members of the family Droseraceae lure, capture, and digest insects using stalked mucilaginous glands covering their leaf surfaces. The insects are used to supplement the poor mineral nutrition of the soil in which the...
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[naiad] In Greek mythology, Drosera was a naiad. She was one of the three ancestors of the Tyrians, along with Callirrhoe and Abarbarea. ...
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[orienteering] Drosera is open source orienteering competition management software, which is part of orienteering toolbox. It is written as Java EE server with web interface and REST API for communication with other programs. It is build to use electronic punching system such as SPORTIdent. As of {date|2012|4|25} the software is still in be...
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• (n.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew.
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(from the article `carnivorous plant`) The family Droseraceae comprises four genera (Aldrovanda, Dionaea, Drosera, and Drosophyllum) and about 100 species, nearly all of which belong to ...
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(Spoon-Leaf Sundew, Sundew) These tender perennials (Sundew) are very interesting, insectivorous plants found wild in bogs from southern Japan to eastern China and south to New Zealand. Sundews may grow up to 8 inches high and from May to August, produce thin, leafless stalks, 6 to 12 inches long, of white, crimson, or pink flowers. One flower open...
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Coughs and whooping cough Drosera is the common or round leaved sun dew, a small plant that lives on heaths, marshes, and peaty bogs across the Northern Hemisphere. The glistening sticky droplets on its leaves trap insects, which the plant dissolves and absorbs. The remedy is prepared from the fresh whole plant and affects the throat, lungs, and re...
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Dros'e·ra (drŏs'e*rȧ)
noun [ New Latin , from Greek
drosero`s dewy.]
(Botany) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See
Sundew .
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n] - the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants
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genus Drosera noun the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants
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any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
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