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Definition of Catchfly
1. Noun. Any plant of the genus Silene.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Silene
Specialized synonyms: Moss Campion, Silene Acaulis, Silene Caroliniana, Wild Pink, Lychnis Dioica, Red Bird's Eye, Red Campion, Silene Dioica, Bladder Campion, Evening Lychnis, Lychnis Alba, Silene Latifolia, White Campion, White Cockle, Fire Pink, Silene Virginica, Bladder Campion, Silene Uniflora, Silene Vulgaris
2. Noun. Mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone.
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Lychnis
Specialized synonyms: Cuckoo Flower, Lychins Floscuculi, Lychnis Flos-cuculi, Ragged Robin, Lychins Chalcedonica, Maltese Cross, Scarlet Lychnis, Dusty Miller, Gardener's Delight, Lychnis Coronaria, Mullein Pink, Rose Campion
Definition of Catchfly
1. 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.
Definition of Catchfly
1. Noun. Any of several unrelated plants that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catchfly
1. an insect-catching plant [n -FLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchfly
Literary usage of Catchfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Gigantic catchfly. Fl. June and July. G. H, g . Cult. ... Moris. hist. 2. p.
.542. s. 5. t. 36. f. 6. Conoid catchfly- Not. of the South of Europe. ..."
2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"Such insects as visit flowers by day in order to suck their honey would be the
reverse of welcome to the catchfly. The filaments are reflexed, ..."
3. Mountain Wild Flowers of America: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names by Julia W. Henshaw (1906)
"Closed tightly against all invasion during the daytime, and only opening wide
its white starry blossoms to the wooing of the soft night wind, this catchfly ..."
4. Mountain Wild Flowers of Canada: A Simple and Popular Guide to the Names and by Julia Wilmotte Henshaw (1906)
"It gives out a faint sweet odour, and is usually found growing among the stones
on steep hillsides. NIGHT-FLOWERING catchfly Silène ..."
5. A Flora of Western Middle California by Willis Linn; Jepson (1901)
"S. antirrhina L. SLEEPY catchfly. Erect, slender, spar- / filiform; flowers small;
petals pink or red, the blade emarginate, 1 1 in. long; ..."
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