| 单词 | hound's-tongue |
| 释义 | hound's-tongue[ houndz-tuhng ] / ˈhaʊndzˌtʌŋ / nounany of various plants belonging to the genus Cynoglossum, of the borage family, especially C. officinale, having coarse, tongue-shaped leaves, dull purple flowers, and prickly nutlets. Origin of hound's-tonguebefore 1000; Middle English; Old English hundestunge, translation of Latin cynoglōssos<Greek kynóglōssos, kynóglōsson (adj.) literally, dog-tongued Words nearby hound's-tonguehoummos, hound, hound dog, houndfish, hounding, hound's-tongue, hound's tooth, hound's-tooth check, houngan, Hounsfield, hounskull Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for hound's-tonguehound's-tongue nounany boraginaceous weedy plant of the genus Cynoglossum, esp the Eurasian C. officinale, which has small reddish-purple flowers and spiny fruitsAlso called: dog's-tongue Word Origin for hound's-tongueOld English hundestunge, translation of Latin cynoglōssos, from Greek kunoglōssos, from kuōn dog + glōssa tongue; referring to the shape of its leaves Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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