With qualifying word prefixed, in the names of other species of Linum or of plants resembling the true flax, as dwarf-flax, fairy-flax, mountain-flax…
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > toadflax or cancer-wort (12) wild flaxa1400 With qualifying word prefixed, in the names of other species of Linum or of plants resembling the true flax, as dwarf-flax, fairy-flax, mountain-flax… cankerwortc1400 †(a) probably a plant of the genus Lithospermum (cf. gromwell, n. a) (obsolete); (b) dandelion (now chiefly historical) (cf. sense 8c); †(c) = cance… sulfc1450 ? Toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. linary1548 Toad-flax. gall-wort1577 A name for Toad-flax (Linaria vulgaris), and perhaps for the Lesser Centaury (Erythræa centaurium). herb fluellin1578 = fluellin, n. toad-flax1578 A popular name of the European plant Linaria vulgaris; hence extended as a generic name to other species of Linaria, as Ivy-leaved Toad-flax, L. Cymba… cancerwort1597 any of various medicinal plants of (or formerly of) the family Scrophulariaceae, esp. speedwell (genus Veronica), and certain kinds of toadflax of… flax-weed1597 Linaria vulgaris, toad-flax. linaria1597 Toad-flax (Linaria vulgaris). butter and eggs1756 any of various plants having flowers in two shades of yellow; esp. yellow toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. fluellin1756 Misapplied to Linaria elatine and L. spuria. |
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