drosophyllum lusitanicum

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   perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco

   Broadercarnivorous plant

   Part ofDrosophyllum

Questions about drosophyllum lusitanicum

What does drosophyllum lusitanicum mean?

drosophyllum lusitanicum means "perennial of dry habitats whose leaves have glandular hairs that secrete adhesive and digestive fluid for capture and digestion of insects; Portugal, southern Spain and Morocco".

Is drosophyllum lusitanicum a common word?

drosophyllum lusitanicum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.