CATCHFLY


Meaning of CATCHFLY in English

/kach"fluy'/ , n. , pl. catchflies .

any of various plants, esp. of the genera Silene and Lychnis, having a viscid secretion on the stem and calyx in which small insects are sometimes caught.

[ 1590-1600; from phrase catch ( the ) fly ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .