Found 2 items, similar to Bugloss.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: bugloss
bugloss
n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
usually blue flowers [syn:
alkanet,
Anchusa officinalis
]
2: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and
yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn:
oxtongue,
bristly oxtongue,
bitterweed,
Picris echioides]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Bugloss
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]