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Webster 1913 Edition

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

Noun.

[L. buglossus; Gr. an ox, and tongue.]

A genus of plants, called alkanet; in botany, anchusa.

The small wild bugloss, is the Asperugo.

The viper's bugloss, is the Echium.