¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Catchflies
1. catchfly [n] - See also: catchfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchflies
Literary usage of Catchflies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner Von Marilaun (1902)
"... Hesperis matronalis and tristis, the Marvel of Peru (Mirabilis Jalapa), a few
catchflies (Silène ... Between 8 and 9 more catchflies (Silène longiflora, ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"Herein are the corn-cockles, the campions or catchflies, the pinks, ...
The catchflies are so named from the very sticky calyx of the flowers. ..."
3. A Source Book of Biological Nature-study by Elliot Rowland Downing (1919)
"They look quite like the catchflies, FIG. 205. ... Many species of the catchflies,
too, have sticky exudations on the stems at the joints which prevent ..."
4. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"Herein are the corn-cockles, the campions or catchflies, the pinks, ...
The catchflies are so named from the very sticky calyx of the flowers. ..."
5. The Writings of Henry David Thoreau by Henry David Thoreau (1906)
"Apparently a thousand little slender catchflies shooting up on the top of the cliff.
The red oak there leafed a day or two, or one day earlier than hickory, ..."
6. Transactions by Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, Norwick Eng, Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1904)
"It is worthy of note, that many of the flowers which have intermittent scents
are to be found in this group, eg, the catchflies, which emit ..."
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