sundew

English

Drosera tokaiensis, a species of sundew

Etymology

From sun +‎ dew. Cognate with Dutch zonnedauw, Icelandic sóldögg, German Sonnentau.

Noun

sundew (plural sundews)

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.

Derived terms

Translations

group of insectivorous plants

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: рося́нка f (rosjánka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 毛氈苔／毛毡苔 (zh) (máozhāntái)
Danish: soldug
Dutch: zonnedauw (nl) m
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: sóldøgg f
Finnish: kihokki (fi)
French: droséra (fr) f
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Sonnentau (de) m
Greek: δροσέρα (el) f (droséra)
Hawaiian: mikinalo
Icelandic: sóldögg (is) f
Italian: rosolida f
Japanese: 毛氈苔 (モウセンゴケ, mōsengoke), サンデュー (sandyū)
Malagasy: kimatanandro, mahatanando (mg)
Maori: wahu
Norwegian: soldogg
Polish: rosiczka (pl) f
Portuguese: drósera f
Romanian: roua-cerului (ro) f, roua-soarelui f
Russian: рося́нка (ru) f (rosjánka)
Spanish: rocío del sol
Swedish: sileshår (sv)
Thai: หยาดน้ำค้าง (yàat-nám-káang)
Vietnamese: gọng vó (vi)

Further reading

sundew on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

unweds

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