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catchfly

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkætʃˌflaɪ/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kach′flī′)

catch•fly (kach′flī′),USA pronunciation n., pl. -flies.

Plant Biologyany of various plants, esp. of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.

from phrase catch (the) fly 1590–1600

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catchfly /ˈkætʃˌflaɪ/ n ( pl -flies)

any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped

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