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toadflax

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Etymology

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From toad +‎ flax.

Noun

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toadflax (countable and uncountable, plural toadflaxes)

  1. 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.
  2. Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.

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