catchfly

English

Etymology

From catch +‎ fly.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈkæt͡ʃ.flaɪ/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)

Noun

catchfly (plural catchflies)

  1. Any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
    • 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177:
      “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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