BUGLOSS

oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides

(noun) widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States

bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis

(noun) perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

bugloss (usually uncountable, plural buglosses)

Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

Synonyms

• oxtongue

Source: Wiktionary


Bu"gloss, n.; pl. Buglosses. Etym: [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.

– Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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