How to Use sundew in a Sentence

sundew

noun
  • The sundew gets its name from the sticky secretions that adorn its hair-like glands.
    — Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • The department says this is the first record of the plant growing in the state, which has other species of sundew.
    — Baltimore Sun, baltimoresun.com, 20 June 2019
  • Dwarf sundew is an insectivorous plant with a unique way of catching its prey.
    — USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
  • For example, familiar species like the Venus’ fly trap and the sundew live in bogs and swamps.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 9 Jan. 2012
  • Carnivorous sundews use droplets of mucilage as glue traps for insects.
    — Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Jan. 2026
  • In this way, the plants get all the benefits of carnivory without needing the specialised traps of a sundew or a Venus fly trap.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 21 June 2012
  • The poems range from kayak-level considerations of ocean life to close looks at a wetland sundew to views of the moon, comets, and the cosmos.
    — Nancy Lord, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The delicate wetlands are home to rare native sundew, small carnivorous plants that attract insects to sticky residue on their leaves.
    — Don Thompson, The Seattle Times, 31 July 2017
  • It is well stocked with various pitcher plants, bog orchids, violets, gentians, sundews and flytraps.
    — The Washington Post, NOLA.com, 3 July 2017
  • There are other species of sundew in Maryland, according to DNR.
    — USA TODAY, 20 June 2019
  • The lime-rich groundwater also helps to yield pitcher plants, insectivorous sundew and other plants.
    — Washington Post, 26 June 2017
  • Nitrogen and phosphorus from eating insects allows sundews to thrive in places where most plants can’t survive, like the acidic, nutrient-poor soil of swamps and bogs.
    — Popular Science, 13 May 2020
  • The researchers also gathered carnivorous sundew plants (Drosera capensis), which have vibrant, sticky tentacles that bend to ensnare prey.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2017
  • In between, delicate yet deadly, thousands of sundews — tiny, carnivorous plants — sat patiently, holding red tentacles to the sun.
    — Henry Wismayer, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2016
  • Growing carnivorous plants like sundews, pitcher plants, and Venus flytraps may not be for everyone, but these unusual plants are naturally built to keep flies and other pests at bay.
    — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 June 2026
  • My favorite Alabama species are the carnivorous plants, such as Drosera (sundews) and Sarracenia (pitchers).
    — Greg Garrison, AL.com, 10 June 2017
  • The authors concluded that carnivory in sundews likely evolved from ancestral anti-herbivore signaling pathways.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • The Cape sundew, as it’s often called, tolerates temperatures down to freezing and into the high 90s with ease, and with proper care, will reward you with stalks of purple flowers.
    — Sunset Magazine, 16 Oct. 2020

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