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dros•er•a
(dros′ər ə),USA pronunciation n.
- Plant Biologyany of several insectivorous plants of the genus Drosera, having leaves covered with sticky hairs, comprising the sundews.
- Greek droserá, feminine of droserós dewy, equivalent. to drós(os) dew + -eros adjective, adjectival suffix
- Neo-Latin (Linnaeus), the genus name
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