bugloss

bu·gloss  (byglôs, -gls)

n.

Any of several usually hairy Old World plants, especially in the genera Anchusa, Brunnera, and Echium, having blue or violet flowers.

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[Middle English buglosse, from Old French, from Late Latin bglssa, from Latin bglssos, from Greek bouglssos : bous, ox; see g^wou- in Indo-European roots + glssa, tongue.]

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bugloss [ˈbjuːglɒs]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium, esp L. arvensis, having clusters of blue flowers See also viper's bugloss

[from Latin būglōssa, from Greek bouglōssos ox-tongued, from bōs ox + glōssa tongue]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bugloss - perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers alkanet, Anchusa officinalis anchusa - any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
	2.	bugloss - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, Picris echioides genus Picris, Picris - genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants