toadflax

toad·flax  (tdflks)

n.

1. Any of various plants of the genus Linaria, having narrow leaves and spurred, two-lipped flowers.

2. See butter-and-eggs.

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toadflax [ˈtəʊdˌflæks]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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

Translations

toadflax [ˈtəʊdflæks] N → linaria f