Home › Words › C › catchflycatchfly/ˈkæt͡ʃ.flaɪ/catchfly means any of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.catchfly is pronounced /ˈkæt͡ʃ.flaɪ/.EtymologyFrom catch + fly.nounAny of several plants, mostly in tribe Sileneae, that have sticky leaves on which flies become stuck; especially, the silenes or campions.e.g.““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:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.flybane 66% match — Any sessile organism thought to be harmful to or deterrent of flies.; Certain catchflies of the genus Silene. vs catchfly →flytrap 62% match — A trap built to catch flies. vs catchfly →crowflower 61% match — A kind of campion. vs catchfly →campion 59% match — Some flowering plants of the genus Lychnis. vs catchfly →stickseed 58% match — Any of several plants with fruits that stick to hair, fur or clothes; bluebur (Lappula squarrosa) vs catchfly →flypaper 58% match — A strip of paper coated with a sticky, often poisonous, substance that catches and kills flies that land on it. vs catchfly →beetfly 58% match — Pegomya hyoscyami, a fly whose leaf miner larvae often damage the leaves of beets and other greens. vs catchfly →sticktight 57% match — Hackelia virginiana, a biennial plant native to Eastern North America, with sticky burrs. vs catchfly →