Definitions for droseras

droseras dros·er·a

Spelling: [dros-er-uh]
IPA: /ˈdrɒs ər ə/

Droseras is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 228 anagrams from letters in droseras (adeorrss).

Definitions for droseras

noun

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

Origin of droseras

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

Examples for droseras

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

I shall work away next summer when drosera opens again, for I am much interested in subject.

Our common Sun-dews (drosera) are also insectivorous, the prey being in their case captured by glutinous hairs.

drosera, dros′er-a, n. a genus of small herbaceous plants of the order droserace, generally inhabiting marshy places.

The latter I want about some strange movements in cells of drosera, which Meyen alone seems to have observed.

It is very curious, but Trecul disbelieves that drosera really clasps flies!

In 1860 he had already begun to observe Sundew (drosera), and was full of astonishment at its behaviour.

Pfeffer shows that in some cases—drosera, for instance—water produces movement only when it contains fine particles in suspension.

I shall be glad to receive the drosera at any time, if 311 you chance to come across it.

I wish some facts on the action of water, because I have been so surprised at a stream not acting on Dionoea and drosera.

Word Value for droseras
Scrable

8

Words with friends

8

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