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Catchfly   Listen
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Catchfly  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.





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"Catchfly" Quotes from Famous Books



... The CATCHFLY, Silene, the only one known here is the small red, S. rubella, having a very pretty pink flower appearing in ...
— Flowers and Flower-Gardens • David Lester Richardson


Words linked to "Catchfly" :   cuckoo flower, genus Silene, fire pink, ragged robin, mullein pink, scarlet lychnis, gardener's delight, Silene uniflora, Lychnis alba, Lychnis flos-cuculi, Lychins floscuculi, bladder campion, Silene virginica, Lychnis coronaria, Silene caroliniana, flower, Silene dioica, Silene acaulis, white campion, red bird's eye, evening lychnis, silene, moss campion, Silene latifolia, wild pink, campion, red campion, Lychins chalcedonica, dusty miller, Lychnis dioica, genus Lychnis, lychnis


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