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    TOADFLAX

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North Americaplay

    Synonyms:

    butter-and-eggs; devil's flax; Linaria vulgaris; toadflax; wild snapdragon

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("toadflax" is a kind of...):

    flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "toadflax"):

    blue toadflax; Linaria canadensis; old-field toadflax (North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers)

    Holonyms ("toadflax" is a member of...):

    genus Linaria; Linaria (genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon)

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