Sundew Synonyms

sŭndo͝o, -dyo͝o
Any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. sundew plant
  2. daily dew

Words Related to Sundew

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. round-leaved
  2. butterwort
  3. lousewort
  4. oblong-leaved
  5. bogbean
  6. bladderwort
  7. rotundifolia
  8. listera
  9. globeflower
  10. palustris
  11. saxifrage
  12. epilobium
  13. typha
  14. twayblade
  15. uniflora
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Sundew Sentence Examples

  • The hollows, rich in S. cuspidatum, are occasionally fringed by great sundew Drosera anglica.

  • Thus Nepenthes secures a supply of nitrogenous food from the animal world in a manner somewhat similar to that adopted by the British sundew, butterwort, and other insectivorous plants.

  • The locally scarce oblong leaved sundew occurs on the site.

  • The North American Thread-leaved Sundew (D. filiformis) is a beautiful bog plant, with very long slender leaves covered with glandular hairs, the flowers purple-rose color, half an inch wide, and opening only in the sunshine.

  • Less common specialities of these boggy areas include bog pimpernel, bog asphodel, round-leaved sundew and pale butterwort.

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