Hypertext Webster Gateway: "catchfly"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Catchfly \Catch"fly\, n. (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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

catchfly
n 1: any plant of the genus Silene [syn: {silene}, {campion}]
2: mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects;
widespread in north temperate zone [syn: {lychnis}]


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