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Definition of Drosophyllum lusitanicum
1. Noun. Perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drosophyllum Lusitanicum
Literary usage of Drosophyllum lusitanicum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin (1895)
"... Concluding remarks on the Dro- drosophyllum lusitanicum.—This rare plant has
been found only in Portugal, and, as I hear from Dr. Hooker, in Morocco. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun, F. W. Oliver (1895)
"The Fly-catcher (drosophyllum lusitanicum). in their rooms, and so getting rid
of numbers of troublesome flies which stick to them and are killed. ..."
3. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel (1905)
"drosophyllum lusitanicum. Leaf showing bud laterally involute; those, how- in
serial succession, but later ones are also intercalated. ..."
4. More Letters of Charles Darwin: A Record of His Work in a Series of Hitherto by Charles Darwin, Francis Darwin (1903)
"His kindness in sending plants of drosophyllum lusitanicum is acknowledged in
Insectivorous Plants. ..."