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    GENUS DROSERA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    The type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    Drosera; genus Drosera

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Drosera" is a kind of...):

    dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Drosera"):

    daily dew; sundew; sundew plant (any of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution)

    Holonyms ("genus Drosera" is a member of...):

    Droseraceae; family Droseraceae; sundew family (a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs)

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