toadflax

English

Etymology

From toad +‎ flax.

Noun

toadflax (countable and uncountable, plural toadflaxes)

  1. Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.
    Synonym: linaria
    • 1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177:
      “What on earth did you put in that stuff?” “Bug-bane, barren-wort, penny-cress and blood-root, catchfly, toad-flax, nap-weed and wormwood,” said Catweazle.
    • 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.
  2. Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.

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