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Definition of Drosera

1. Noun. The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants.

Definition of Drosera

1. n. A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew.

Definition of Drosera

1. Noun. Any of several carnivorous, flowering plants of the genus (term Drosera). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drosera

1. a sundew [n -S] - See also: sundew

Medical Definition of Drosera

1. A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Dewy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drosera

Literary usage of Drosera

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1898)
"ADVENTITIOUS BUDS ON LEAVES OF drosera ROTUNDIFOLIA. AJ GROUT. WHEN collecting plants of drosera rotundifolia for class use, I found several leaves bearing ..."

2. Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin (1908)
"I EXAMINED six other species of drosera, some of them inhabitants of distant countries, chiefly for the sake of ascertaining whether they caught insects. ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1905)
"A PECULIAR VARIETY OF drosera ROTUNDIFOLIA. ML FERNALD. ... Examination of the bog showed that the anomalous drosera was abundant in the wet portion between ..."

4. Charles Darwin's Works by Charles Darwin (1896)
"I EXAMINED six other species of drosera, some of them inhabitants of distant countries, chiefly for the sake of ascertaining whether they caught insects. ..."

5. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1916)
"6 ECOLOGIC NOTES ON drosera ANNUA BY EL REED In the spring of 1914 while on a field trip, near College Station, Texas, the writer observed some specimens of ..."

6. Dr. Chase's Family Physician, Farrier, Bee-keeper, and Second Receipt Book by Alvin Wood Chase (1874)
"To quiet the cough, drosera, f ; to check profuse secretion, hama- raelis. Î And as it was more convenient, gave them together in the following proportion ..."

7. Lectures on Plant Physiology by Ludwig Jost (1907)
"Natural water is not a stimulant and that because the fact that it contains lime inhibits the sensitivity of drosera as do such anaesthetics as ether, ..."

8. A Manual of the Medical Botany of North America by Laurence Johnson (1884)
"drosera rotundifolia Linne.—Round-leaved Sundew. Description.—Calyx : sepals as in the character of the order. Corolla: petals oblong, white. ..."

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