Toadflax

Origin

toad + flax

Full definition of toadflax

Noun

1. Any of several European plants, of the genus , having two-lipped yellow flowers.
• 2010, Clare Vanderpool, 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.

Synonyms

• butter-and-eggs