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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Butter and eggs \Butter and eggs\, butter-and-eggs
\butter-and-eggs\n.(Bot.),
a name given to several perennial plants having showy flowers
of two shades of yellow, or of yellow and orange, such as
{Narcissus incomparabilis} in Europe, and the toadflax
({Linaria vulgaris}) in the United States; the latter is a
naturalized weed in North America.
Syn: toadflax, wild snapdragon, devil's flax, Linaria
vulgaris.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]