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Drosera   Listen
noun
Drosera  n.  (Bot.) A genus of low perennial or biennial plants, the leaves of which are beset with gland-tipped bristles. See Sundew.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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... difference in the results is interesting, for it shows that too strong an irritant does not induce any transmitted effect, and does not cause the adjoining, upper and growing part of the radicle to bend. We have analogous cases with Drosera, for a strong solution of carbonate of ammonia when absorbed by the glands, or too great heat suddenly applied to them, or crushing them, does not cause the basal part of the tentacles to bend, ...
— The Power of Movement in Plants • Charles Darwin



Words linked to "Drosera" :   genus Drosera, sundew family, magnoliopsid genus, sundew plant, family Droseraceae, dicot genus, sundew



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