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butter-and-eggs
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butter-and-eggs, n.
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. [1913 Webster]
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