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vi·per's bugloss  (vprz)

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Any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Echium, including the blueweed, having bright blue to white flowers, bristly foliage, and a dense scorpioid inflorescence.

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viper's bugloss

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1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called (US) blueweed a Eurasian boraginaceous weed, Echium vulgare, having blue flowers and pink buds

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) Also called (Austral.) Paterson's curse (South Australia) Salvation Jane a related plant, E. plantagineum, that has purple flowers and is naturalized in Australia and New Zealand See also echium

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viper's bugloss - a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States blue devil, blue thistle, blueweed, Echium vulgare herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests Echium, genus Echium - a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae