HyperDic: drosophyllum_lusitanicum

English > 1 sense of the expression Drosophyllum lusitanicum:
NOUNplantDrosophyllum lusitanicumperennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects
English > Drosophyllum lusitanicum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco.
Member ofDrosophyllum, genus DrosophyllumOne species
Broadercarnivorous plantplants adapted to attract and capture and digest primarily insects but also other small animals

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