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Webster 1913 Edition
Toadflax
Toad′flaxˊ
,Noun.
(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
. Definition 2024
toadflax
toadflax
English
Noun
toadflax (plural toadflaxes)
- Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.
- 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest
- One morning she had me traipsing out at the crack of dawn for prickly poppy, toadflax, spiderwort, and skeleton weed. If that doesn't sound like the makings of a witch's brew, then I'm the queen of England.
- 2010, Clare Vanderpool, Moon Over Manifest
- Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.
Hyponyms
- (Linaria): yellow toadflax