Definitions for: 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

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: alkanet, Anchusa officinalis, bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, Picris echioides

See Also: anchusa, genus Picris, Picris, weed

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