toadflax

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

toad +‎ flax

Noun

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.

Hyponyms

• (Linaria): yellow toadflax

Derived terms

• bastard toadflax
• ivy-leaved toadflax
• Jersey toadflax
• yellow toadflax

 

Translations

plant of the genus Linaria

• Bulgarian: луличка f (lulička)
• Catalan: crispeta (ca) f, linària f
• Finnish: kannusruoho (fi)
• French: linaire (fr) f
• Galician: paxariños (gl) m pl, arreitó (gl) m
• German: Leinkraut (de) n
• Polish: lnica f
• Portuguese: linária f, valverde m
• Romanian: linariță (ro) f
• Ukrainian: льонок m (lʹonok)