toadflax

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noun

Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.

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linariabutter-and-eggswild snapdragondevil's flaxLinaria vulgaris
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Meanings

nountoadflax (countable and uncountable, plural toadflaxes)

plural toadflaxes

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

    “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.

    1970, Richard Carpenter, Catweazle, Harmondsworth: Puffin Books, page 177
    1 more example

    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

    Synonyms: linaria

  2. countableuncountableAny of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.

Similar
linaria

More synonyms by meaning

nouncommon European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America

Similar
butter-and-eggswild snapdragondevil's flaxLinaria vulgaris
Broader
flower
Also see
butter-and-eggs

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From toad + flax.

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Translations

Arabic كَتَّانِيَّة, لِينَارِيَة
  • كَتَّانِيَّة (kattāniyya)plant of the genus Linaria
  • لِينَارِيَة (līnāriya)plant of the genus Linaria
Bulgarian луличка
  • луличка (lulička)plant of the genus Linaria
Catalan crispeta, linària
  • crispetaplant of the genus Linaria
  • linàriaplant of the genus Linaria
Finnish kannusruoho
  • kannusruohoplant of the genus Linaria
French linaire
  • linaireplant of the genus Linaria
German Leinkraut
  • Leinkrautplant of the genus Linaria
Polish lnica
  • lnicaplant of the genus Linaria
Portuguese linária, valverde
  • lináriaplant of the genus Linaria
  • valverdeplant of the genus Linaria
Romanian linariță
  • linarițăplant of the genus Linaria
Ukrainian льонок
  • льонок (lʹonok)plant of the genus Linaria
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APA

toadflax. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toadflax

MLA

“toadflax.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toadflax. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “toadflax,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/toadflax.

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