单词 | red catchfly |
释义 | > as lemmasred catchfly red catchfly n. now rare 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; cf. red German catchfly n.; also called sticky catchfly. ΚΠ 1777 J. Lightfoot Flora Scotica I. 239 [Lychnis viscaria] Red Catchfly. Anglis. 1866 Symons's Monthly Meteorol. Mag. July 73 North Shields..Pencilled geranium, perennial blue lupine, and red catchfly on 20th, 21st, and 24th. 1971 R. S. R. Fitter Finding Wild Flowers 82 Red Catchfly Lychnis viscaria, with foot-high stickily hairy stems and spikes of bright cerise-red flowers, is found in less than a dozen rocky spots in Scotland and Wales. < as lemmas |
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