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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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NEGLECT
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