sundew

English

Drosera tokaiensis, a species of sundew

Etymology

From sun +‎ dew.

Noun

sundew (plural sundews)

Any of a group of insectivorous plants in the genus Drosera that catch insects by sticky droplets ("dew") at the end of hairs on the leafs and grow in boggy ground all over the world.

Translations

group of insectivorous plants

Danish: soldug
Dutch: zonnedauw (nl) m
Faroese: sóldøgg f
Finnish: kihokki (fi)
French: droséra (fr) f
German: Sonnentau (de) m
Italian: rosolida f
Japanese: 毛氈苔 (モウセンゴケ, mōsengoke)

Maori: wahu
Norwegian: soldogg
Polish: rosiczka (pl) f
Portuguese: drósera f
Romanian: roua-cerului (ro) f, roua-soarelui f
Russian: рося́нка (ru) f (rosjánka)
Swedish: sileshår (sv)

Anagrams

unweds

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