'Linaria vulgaris' definitions:
Definition of 'Linaria vulgaris'
From: WordNet
noun
Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America [syn: toadflax, butter-and-eggs, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris]
Definition of 'Linaria vulgaris'
From: GCIDE
- Toadflax \Toad"flax`\, n. (Bot.) An herb (Linaria vulgaris) of the Figwort family, having narrow leaves and showy orange and yellow flowers; -- called also butter and eggs, flaxweed, and ramsted. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Linaria vulgaris'
From: GCIDE
- Butter and eggs \Butter and eggs\, butter-and-eggs \butter-and-eggs\n.(Bot.), a name given to several perennial plants having showy flowers of two shades of yellow, or of yellow and orange, such as Narcissus incomparabilis in Europe, and the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris) in the United States; the latter is a naturalized weed in North America.
- Syn: toadflax, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria vulgaris. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]