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catchfly
CIDE DICTIONARY
catchfly, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
catchfly, n. (pl. -ies) any plant of the genus Silene or Lychnis with a sticky stem.
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