TOADFLAX

toadflax, butter-and-eggs, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris

(noun) common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

toadflax (countable and uncountable, plural toadflaxes)

Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.

Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.

Hyponyms

• (Linaria): yellow toadflax

Source: Wiktionary


Toad"flax`, n. (Bot.)

Definition: An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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