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catchfly

N พืช จำพวก  Silene ที่ หลั่ง น้ำ เหนียว สำหรับ จับ แมลง 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CATCHFLY

CATCHFLY Catch "fly, n. (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

catchfly

catch fly |ˈkaCHˌflī, ˈkeCH- ˈkɛtʃˌflaɪ | noun ( pl. catchflies ) a campion or similar plant of the pink family, with a sticky stem. [Silene, Lychnis, and other genera, family Caryophyllaceae. ]

 

Oxford Dictionary

catchfly

catch |fly |ˈkatʃflʌɪ | noun ( pl. catchflies ) a campion or similar plant of the pink family, with a sticky stem. Silene, Lychnis, and other genera, family Caryophyllaceae.