Found 2 items, similar to sundew.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: sundew sundew n : any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution [syn: sundew plant, daily dew ]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Sundew Sundew \Sun"dew`\, n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Drosera, low bog plants whose leaves are beset with pediceled glands which secrete a viscid fluid that glitters like dewdrops and attracts and detains insects. After an insect is caught, the glands curve inward like tentacles and the leaf digests it. Called also lustwort. [1913 Webster]