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toadflax
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toad·flax  (tdflks)
n.
1. Any of various plants of the genus Linaria, having narrow leaves and spurred, two-lipped flowers.

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
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Noun1.toadflax - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowerstoadflax - common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
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
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toadflax [ˈtəʊdflæks] Nlinaria f


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