vi·per's bugloss (v  p rz)n. 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. |
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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| Noun | 1. |  viper's bugloss - a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United Statesherb, 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 |
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