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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

... the sky, Columbine with horn of honey, Scented fern, and agrimony, Clover, catchfly, adder's tongue, ...
— A Year in the Fields • John Burroughs

... may be a stream with pools holding trout worth trying for. The tiny rivulets which trickle down from the hills are lined with ferns and forget-me nots, and elsewhere may be seen flowers of every hue—red Alpine catchfly, blue meadow cranesbill, hawksweed, wild radis, and a score of ...
— Peeps at Many Lands: Norway • A.F. Mockler-Ferryman



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