Found 2 items, similar to Anchusa officinalis.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Anchusa officinalis Anchusa officinalis n : perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Anchusa officinalis oxtongue \ox"tongue`\, ox-tongue \ox"-tongue`\, n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed (Picris echioides formerly Helminthia echioides) with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis , a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs. It has been naturalized in the U. S. Syn: bristly oxtongue, prickly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Alkanet \Al"ka*net\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*n[e^]t), n. [Dim. of Sp. alcana, alhe[~n]a, in which al is the Ar. article. See Henna, and cf. Orchanet.] 1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) (a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding the dye; orchanet. (b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss; also, the American puccoon. [1913 Webster] Bugloss \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 Anchusa officinalis , sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. [1913 Webster] Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium. [1913 Webster]