Definition of Byblis
:a small genus of low Australian shrubs with a superficial resemblance to the sundews that in some classifications is isolated in a monotypic family but is more commonly included in Droseraceae
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Byblis
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Byb·lis
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ˈbiblə̇s
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Origin and Etymology of byblis
New Latin, from Latin Byblis, a nymph, from Greek
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