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Webster 1913 Edition
Bugloss
Bu′gloss
,Noun.
pl.
Buglosses
. [F.
buglosse
, L. buglossa
, buglossus
, fr. Gr. [GREEK] oxtongue [GREEK] ox + [GREEK] tongue.] (Bot.)
A plant of the genus
Anchusa
, and especially the Anchusa officinalis
, sometimes called alkanet
; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss
, the
– Asperugo procumbens
and the Lycopsis arvensis
. Viper’s bugloss
, a species of
Echium
.Webster 1828 Edition
Bugloss
BU'GLOSS
,Noun.
A genus of plants, called alkanet; in botany, anchusa.
The small wild bugloss, is the Asperugo.
The viper's bugloss, is the Echium.
Definition 2024
bugloss
bugloss
English
Purple viper’s bugloss, Echium plantagineum.
Noun
bugloss (usually uncountable, plural buglosses)
- Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
Synonyms
See also
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bugloss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Boraginaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Translations
any of several plants in the borage family
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