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bugloss
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun bugloss has 2 senses
- bugloss(n = noun.plant) alkanet, anchusa officinalis - perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers; Array is a kind of anchusa
- bugloss(n = noun.plant) bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, picris echioides - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States; Array is a member of genus picris, picris
is a kind of weed
CIDE DICTIONARY
bugloss, n. [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]
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).
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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