toadflax Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
Linaria vulgaris; wild snapdragon; devil's flax; butter-and-eggs.

WordNet

Toad"flax` noun

Definitions

(Bot.) 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.

Webster 1913

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