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sundew

sun·dew [ sún d ] (plural sun·dews)


noun 
Definition:
 
insect-eating plant: a plant that produces a rosette of hairy sticky leaves that are used to trap and digest insects. Native to: Australia, New Zealand.  Family Droseraceae.

[Translation of Latin ros solis; because the drops of juice the plant secretes resemble dew]
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