catchfly
US/ˈkæt͡ʃ.flaɪ/
catchfly noun: any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
Noun
catchfly (plural catchflies)
- Any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
- “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.1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177
catchfly meaning in Tamil
catchfly in Tamil
- பசைப்பொருள் கசியும் தண்டினையுடைய செடிவகை
Forms of catchfly
| plural | catchflies |
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Origin of catchfly
From catch + fly.
Words formed from catchfly
- alpine catchfly
- berry catchfly
- bladder catchfly
- cardinal catchfly
- catchfly grass
- corn catchfly
- Dover catchfly
- dwarf catchfly
- forked catchfly
- forking catchfly
- garden catchfly
- German catchfly
- Lobel's catchfly
- Mexican catchfly
- night-flowering catchfly
- nodding catchfly
- red catchfly
- rock catchfly
- sand catchfly
- sleepy catchfly
- sticky catchfly
- sweet william catchfly
- Swiss catchfly
- western fringed catchfly
Questions about catchfly
- What does catchfly mean?
- Catchfly means any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.
- What is catchfly in Tamil?
- Catchfly in Tamil is பசைப்பொருள் கசியும் தண்டினையுடைய செடிவகை. See Catchfly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is catchfly?
- Catchfly is a noun.
- How do you pronounce catchfly?
- Catchfly is pronounced /ˈkæt͡ʃ.flaɪ/ (US).
- What is the plural of catchfly?
- The plural of catchfly is catchflies.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: catchfly (page history and authors); catchfly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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