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DEVIL'S FLAX
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Dictionary entry overview: What does devil's flax mean?
• DEVIL'S FLAX (noun)
The noun DEVIL'S FLAX has 1 sense:
1. common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
Familiarity information: DEVIL'S FLAX used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Common European perennial having showy yellow and orange flowers; a naturalized weed in North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
butter-and-eggs; devil's flax; Linaria vulgaris; toadflax; wild snapdragon
Hypernyms ("devil's flax" is a kind of...):
flower (a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "devil's flax"):
blue toadflax; Linaria canadensis; old-field toadflax (North American plant having racemes of blue-violet flowers)
Holonyms ("devil's flax" is a member of...):
genus Linaria; Linaria (genus of herbs and subshrubs having showy flowers: spurred snapdragon)
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