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sundew
A carnivorous plant of the bogs — small, glistening, with leaves covered in sticky, hair-like tentacles that trap insects. The droplets on the tentacles look like dew in the sunlight. They are not dew. They are glue.
Etymology
English: sun + dew. A translation of Latin ros solis (dew of the sun), itself from the glistening droplets.