| 单词 | butter and eggs |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutter and eggs butter and eggs n. any of various plants having flowers in two shades of yellow; esp. yellow toadflax, Linaria vulgaris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Scrophulariaceae (figwort and allies) > [noun] > toadflax or cancer-wort wild flaxa1400 cankerwortc1400 sulfc1450 linary1548 gall-wort1577 herb fluellin1578 toad-flax1578 cancerwort1597 flax-weed1597 linaria1597 butter and eggs1756 fluellin1756 1756 J. Hill Brit. Herbal 109/1 Linaria vulgaris. Our common people, from the mixture of a very pale and deep yellow, call it Butter and eggs. 1880 R. Jefferies Round about Great Estate 83 In shady woodlands the toadflax or butter-and-eggs is often pale,—a sulphur colour. 1930 Dept. Agric. & Immigration Virginia Bull. No. 274. 23/1 (advt.) Jonquils, butter and eggs, narcissus, tiger lilies 25c–12; $1.50–100. 2008 Independent 17 July (Extra section) 9 The gorgeous yellow and orange of this snap-dragon-like flower has earned it the nickname Butter and Eggs. < as lemmas |
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