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
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.
• (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
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
