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Meaning of Toadflax | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of several European plants, of the genus Linaria, having two-lipped yellow flowers.
  2. Any of several other plants in the family Plantaginaceae.

Equivalents

العربية تودفلاكس
Català crispeta linària
Deutsch Leinkraut
Suomi kannusruoho
Français linaire
Polski lnica
Português linária valverde
Română linăriță

Examples

““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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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