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sundew in French

sundew in French is droséra — sundew means an insect-eating plant from the genus Drosera that traps prey using sticky droplets on hairs covering its leaves.

sundew in French

droséra
noun
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 leaves and grow in boggy ground all over the world.

What does "sundew" mean?

  1. noun An insect-eating plant from the genus Drosera that traps prey using sticky droplets on hairs covering its leaves.
    "Sundews grow in boggy patches where the soil is too poor to feed them any other way."
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sundew in a sentence

  • Sundews grow in boggy patches where the soil is too poor to feed them any other way.
  • We watched a fly get stuck on the sticky hairs of a sundew.

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What is "sundew" in French?
"sundew" in French is droséra. sundew means: An insect-eating plant from the genus Drosera that traps prey using sticky droplets on hairs covering its leaves.
How do you use "sundew" in a sentence?
Example: "Sundews grow in boggy patches where the soil is too poor to feed them any other way." In French, "sundew" is droséra.
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