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Webster 1913 Edition


Catchfly

Catch′fly

,
Noun.
(Bot.)
A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of
Silene
are examples of the catchfly.

Definition 2024


catchfly

catchfly

English

Noun

catchfly (plural catchflies)

  1. Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.

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