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BASTARD TOADFLAX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bastard toadflax mean? 

BASTARD TOADFLAX (noun)
  The noun BASTARD TOADFLAX has 1 sense:

1. woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowersplay

  Familiarity information: BASTARD TOADFLAX used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BASTARD TOADFLAX (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Woody creeping parasite of western North America having numerous thick powdery leaves and panicles of small dull-white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

bastard toadflax; Comandra pallida

Hypernyms ("bastard toadflax" is a kind of...):

parasitic plant (plant living on another plant and obtaining organic nutriment from it)

Holonyms ("bastard toadflax" is a member of...):

Comandra; genus Comandra (small genus of chiefly North American parasitic plants)


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