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catchfly

noun
/ˈkæt͡ʃ.flaɪ/US

Etymology

From catch + fly.

  1. derived from *plewk-✻
  2. inherited from *fleugǭ✻
  3. inherited from *fleugā✻
  4. inherited from flȳġe
  5. inherited from flye
  6. compounded as catchfly — “catch + fly”

Definitions

  1. Any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies…

    Any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.

    • “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA