toadflax

toad·flax

T0242700 (tōd′flăks′)n. Any of various plants chiefly of the genus Linaria, having narrow leaves and spurred, two-lipped flowers, especially butter-and-eggs.

toadflax

(ˈtəʊdˌflæks) n (Plants) any of various scrophulariaceous plants of the genus Linaria, esp L. vulgaris, having narrow leaves and spurred two-lipped yellow-orange flowers. Also called: butter-and-eggs

toad•flax

(ˈtoʊdˌflæks)

n. a common weed, Linaria vulgaris, of the figwort family, with narrow leaves and clustered flowers of bright orange and yellow. Compare butter-and-eggs. [1570–80]

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toadflax - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North Americabutter-and-eggs, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris, wild snapdragonflower - a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossomsgenus Linaria, Linaria - genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragonblue toadflax, Linaria canadensis, old-field toadflax - North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers

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