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oxtongue
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun oxtongue has 1 sense
- oxtongue(n = noun.plant) bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, bugloss, 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
oxtongue, n.
A widespread European weed (Picris echioides formerly Helminthia echioides ) with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis , a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides , both European herbs. It has been naturalized in the U. S. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
oxtongue, n.
1 the tongue of an ox, esp. cooked as food.
2 any composite plant of the genus Picris, with bright yellow flowers.
1 the tongue of an ox, esp. cooked as food.
2 any composite plant of the genus Picris, with bright yellow flowers.
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