bastard toadflax

noun

Any plant in the genus Thesium.

Similar
umbellate bastard toadflax, common comandranorthern comandra, false toadflaxComandra pallida
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Meanings

nounbastard toadflax (usually uncountable, plural bastard toadflaxes)

plural bastard toadflaxes

  1. Any of several related hemiparasitic plants in the family Santalaceae.
    1. IrelandUKuncountableusuallyAny plant in the genus Thesium.
    2. USuncountableusuallyComandra umbellata.

      Synonyms: umbellate bastard toadflax, common comandra

    3. USuncountableusuallyGeocaulon lividum.

      Synonyms: northern comandra, false toadflax

Synonyms & antonyms

nounComandra umbellata.

Similar
umbellate bastard toadflax, common comandra

nounGeocaulon lividum.

Similar
northern comandra, false toadflax

More synonyms by meaning

nounwoody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers

Similar
Comandra pallida
Broader
parasitic plant

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Dutch bergvlas
  • bergvlasThesium
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