| lychnis | (n) mostly perennial herbs with sticky stems that catch insects; widespread in north temperate zone, Syn. catchfly |
| silene | (n) any plant of the genus Silene, Syn. catchfly, campion |
| Catchfly | n. (Bot.) 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 |