sundew family

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sundew family - a family of carnivorous herbs and shrubs Droseraceae, family Droseraceae dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination order Sarraceniales, Sarraceniales - plants that are variously modified to serve as insect traps: families Sarraceniaceae; Nepenthaceae; Droseraceae Drosera, genus Drosera - the type genus of Droseraceae including many low bog-inhabiting insectivorous plants Dionaea, genus Dionaea - a genus of the family Droseraceae Aldrovanda, genus Aldrovanda - one species: waterwheel plant Drosophyllum, genus Drosophyllum - one species