red catchfly
now rare
noun
A Eurasian campion of rocks and crags, Lychnis viscaria, which has spikes of bright pink flowers and often dark sticky bands around the stem beneath each node; compare red German catchfly; also called sticky catchfly.
Origin
Late 18th century; earliest use found in John Lightfoot (1735–1788), Church of England clergyman and naturalist.
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