单词 | viper's bugloss |
释义 | vi·per's bugloss ![]() n. A biennial Eurasian plant (Echium vulgare) naturalized as a weed in eastern North America, having blue to purple flowers and hairy stems and foliage. Also called blueweed. [So called because its seeds resemble the heads of vipers and ancient herbalists recommended it for the treatment of snakebite (compare Greek ekhion, purple viper's bugloss (Echium plantagineum), from ekhis, viper).] ![]() Echium vulgare |
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