Hypertext Webster Gateway: "bugloss"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. {Buglosses}. [F. buglosse, L.
buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.]
(Bot.)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bugloss
n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
usually blue flowers [syn: {alkanet}, {Anchusa
officinalis}]
2: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and
yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: {oxtongue},
{bristly oxtongue}, {bitterweed}, {Picris echioides}]
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