bugloss

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bu=gloss

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun bugloss has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

buglossn. [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. oxtongue ox + tongue.].
     A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the Anchusa officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.  [1913 Webster]
Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. -- Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

bugloss, n.
1 any of various bristly plants related to borage, esp. of the genus Anchusa with bright blue tubular flowers.
2 = viper's bugloss (see VIPER).

Etymology
F buglosse or L buglossus f. Gk bouglossos ox-tongued

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