sundew

Everyday

A small meat-eating plant that grows in boggy places and has leaves covered in sticky, shining hairs that trap and digest insects. tree →

In the lessons

In science lessons it is an example of a carnivorous plant, like the Venus flytrap, which gets extra food from insects because bog soil is poor. Phrases: carnivorous plant, sticky leaves.

Examples

• A sundew catches flies with its sticky leaves. tree →
• The drops on a sundew look like dew in the sun. tree →
• Sundews grow in wet, boggy places. tree →
• When an insect lands on a sundew, the leaf curls around it. tree →
• We grew a sundew on the classroom windowsill. tree →
• Sundews and Venus flytraps are both meat-eating plants. tree →

Note

Countable. From sun + dew, because the sticky drops shine. It does not eat people or big animals, only small insects.