Spattling-poppy

Spattling-poppy
Spattling-poppy Spat"tling-pop"py, n. [Prov. E. spattle to spit + E. poppy.] (Bot.) A kind of catchfly ({Silene inflata}) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects. [1913 Webster]

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  • Silene inflata — Spattling poppy Spat tling pop py, n. [Prov. E. spattle to spit + E. poppy.] (Bot.) A kind of catchfly ({Silene inflata}) which is sometimes frothy from the action of captured insects. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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