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sundew noun. L16.
[translating Dutch sondauw, sundauw = German Sonnentau, translating Latin ROS SOLIS (app. with ref. to the glistening gland-tipped hairs): cf. SUN noun1, DEW noun.]
Any of various small insectivorous bog plants constituting the genus Drosera (family Droseraceae) having leaves covered with glandular hairs which secrete a sticky juice; esp. D. rotundifolia (more fully round-leaved sundew).