toadflax
English
Etymology
Noun
toadflax (countable and uncountable, 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