Meanings
nounsundew (plural sundews)
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.
I had always been fascinated by the way the sundew attracts insects with its bright color and false promise of nectar.
1989 May, Uwe George, “Venezuela's Islands in Time”, in National Geographic, volume 175, number 5, page 553
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany of various bog plants of the genus Drosera having leaves covered with sticky hairs that trap and digest insects; cosmopolitan in distribution
Similar
sundew plantdaily dew
Broader
carnivorous plant
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian рося́нка
- рося́нка (rosjánka)group of insectivorous plants
Chinese Mandarin 毛氈苔 /毛毡苔
- 毛氈苔 /毛毡苔 (máozhāntái)group of insectivorous plants
Danish soldug
- solduggroup of insectivorous plants
Dutch zonnedauw
- zonnedauwgroup of insectivorous plants
Finnish kihokki
- kihokkigroup of insectivorous plants
French droséra, rossolis
- droséragroup of insectivorous plants
- rossolisgroup of insectivorous plants
German Sonnentau
- Sonnentaugroup of insectivorous plants
Greek δροσέρα
- δροσέρα (droséra)group of insectivorous plants
Hawaiian mikinalo
- mikinalogroup of insectivorous plants
Icelandic sóldögg
- sóldögggroup of insectivorous plants
Italian rosolida
- rosolidagroup of insectivorous plants
Japanese 毛氈苔, サンデュー
- 毛氈苔 (mōsengoke)group of insectivorous plants
- サンデュー (sandyū)group of insectivorous plants
Māori wahu
- wahugroup of insectivorous plants
Norwegian soldogg
- soldogggroup of insectivorous plants
Polish rosiczka
- rosiczkagroup of insectivorous plants
Portuguese drósera
- dróseragroup of insectivorous plants
Romanian roua-cerului, roua-soarelui
- roua-ceruluigroup of insectivorous plants
- roua-soareluigroup of insectivorous plants
Russian рося́нка
- рося́нка (rosjánka)group of insectivorous plants
Spanish rocío del sol
- rocío del solgroup of insectivorous plants
Swedish sileshår
- sileshårgroup of insectivorous plants
Thai หยาดน้ำค้าง
- หยาดน้ำค้าง (yàat-nám-káang)group of insectivorous plants
Vietnamese gọng vó
- gọng vógroup of insectivorous plants
Cite this entry
APA
sundew. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundew
MLA
“sundew.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundew. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sundew,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundew.
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