drosera

[ dros-er-uh ]

/ ˈdrɒs ər ə /

any of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.

Origin of drosera

< New Latin (Linnaeus), the genus name < Greek droserá, feminine of droserós dewy, equivalent to drós(os) dew + -eros adj. suffix

dropsley, dropsonde, dropsy, dropt, dropwort, drosera, droshky, drosky, drosometer, drosophila, dross

I do not think any discovery gave me more pleasure than proving a true act of digestion in Drosera.

More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II |Charles Darwin
Drosera, dros′er-a, n. a genus of small herbaceous plants of the order Droserace, generally inhabiting marshy places.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) |Various
I shall work away next summer when Drosera opens again, for I am much interested in subject.

More Letters of Charles Darwin Volume II |Charles Darwin
We do not hesitate to class amongst vegetables the Drosera, the Dionaea, the Pinguicula, which are insectivorous plants.

Creative Evolution |Henri Bergson

It only shuts for a short time if a grain of sand touches the sensitive hair, and, like Drosera, is not deceived in its food.

The Romance of Plant Life |G. F. Scott Elliot