butter-and-eggs

[ buht-er-uhn-egz ]

noun,plural but·ter-and-eggs.(used with a singular or plural verb)

any of certain plants whose flowers are of two shades of yellow, as the toadflax, Linaria vulgaris.

Origin of butter-and-eggs

First recorded in 1770–80

Words Nearby butter-and-eggs

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How to use butter-and-eggs in a sentence

The snapdragon (perhaps you call it butter-and-eggs) does not mind at all where it grows.
Mother Nature's Toy-Shop | Lina Beard
And the Moosewood shares the mystery of the butter-and-eggs as well as its color.
Old-Time Gardens | Alice Morse Earle
It is probably called "butter-and-eggs" because of the two shades of yellow.
Woodcraft | Alan Douglas
Another flower of the waste places is a pretty little toad flax, or butter-and-eggs.
Woodcraft | Alan Douglas
The flowers of butter-and-eggs are yellow and orange, and the common name refers to these two shades of yellow.
Flowers of Mountain and Plain | Edith S. Clements

British Dictionary definitions for butter-and-eggs

butter-and-eggs

noun

(functioning as singular) any of various plants, such as toadflax, the flowers of which are of two shades of yellow

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