Definition of Toadflax

1. Noun. Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America.

Exact synonyms: Butter-and-eggs, Devil's Flax, Linaria Vulgaris, Wild Snapdragon
Generic synonyms: Flower
Group relationships: Genus Linaria, Linaria
Specialized synonyms: Blue Toadflax, Linaria Canadensis, Old-field Toadflax

Definition of Toadflax

1. n. 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 of Toadflax

1. Noun. any of several European plants, of the genus ''Linaria'', having two-lipped yellow flowers ¹

2. Noun. any of several other plants in the family ''Plantaginaceae'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Toadflax

1. a perennial herb [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Toadflax

1. An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers. Synonym: butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Toadflax

to wisse
to wit
toad
toad-in-the-hole
toad-like
toad-strangler
toad frog
toad in the hole
toad lily
toad rush
toad skin
toadeaters
toadfish
toadfishes
toadflax (current term)
toadflaxes
toadhead
toadied
toadies
toadish
toadless
toadlet
toadlets
toadlike
toadly
toadrush
toads
toads in the hole
toadshade

Literary usage of Toadflax

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Wild flowers by Anne Pratt (1852)
"The blossoms are shaped like those of the snapdragon of our old walls and ruins, except that they are spurred at the base. Country people call the toadflax ..."

2. Contributions Towards a Fauna and Flora of the County of Cork by J. R. Harvey, Thomas C. Power, John D. Humphreys (1845)
"Creeping toadflax. By the river side below Bandon: Mr. JT Mackay. ... Lesser toadflax. On rubbish and dry ground near City Jail: Dr. Wood. ..."

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