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Bugloss

Bugloss Meaning & Definition
Bugloss Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Bugloss?

[n] widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
[n] perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers

Synonyms | Synonyms for Bugloss: alkanet | Anchusa officinalis | bitterweed | bristly oxtongue | oxtongue | Picris echioides

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See Also | anchusa | genus Picris | Picris | weed

Bugloss In Webster's Dictionary

\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}.

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