Definition of bugloss Bugloss

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Noun

Plural: buglosses

bugloss - perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
  alkanet, Anchusa officinalis
bugloss - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
  oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, Picris echioides
  weed a black band worn by a man (on the arm or hat) as a sign of mourning
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • bugloss (n.)
    A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • bugloss
    bū′glos, n. a name popularly applied to many plants of the natural order Boragineæ, more strictly to Anchusa arvensis, a common weed in corn-fields in Britain. [Fr. buglosse—L. buglossa—Gr. bouglōssosbous, ox, glōssa, tongue.]

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