bugloss

bu·gloss

B0536000 (byo͞o′glôs′, -glŏs′) n. Any of several usually hairy Old World plants in the family Boraginaceae, especially in the genera Anchusa, Brunnera, and Echium, having blue or violet flowers.

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[Middle English buglosse, plant of the genus Anchusa, from Middle French, from Late Latin būglōssa, from Greek bouglōsson, the plant Anchusa italica : bous, ox; see g^wou- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + glōssa, tongue (the plant being so called because its hairy leaves were thought to resemble the velvety tongues of cattle).]

bugloss

(ˈbjuːɡlɒs) n (Plants) any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium, esp L. arvensis, having clusters of blue flowers. See also viper's bugloss[C15: from Latin būglōssa, from Greek bouglōssos ox-tongued, from bōs ox + glōssa tongue]

bu•gloss

(ˈbyu glɒs, -glɔs)

n. any of various erect, bristly plants of the borage family, with small blue flowers, common in sandy soil and open fields. [1350–1400; Middle English buglossa < Medieval Latin, for Latin būglōssos < Greek, =bou-, s. of boûs ox + -glōssos -tongued]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	bugloss - perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowersalkanet, Anchusa officinalisanchusa - any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
	2.	bugloss - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United Statesbitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, Picris echioidesgenus Picris, Picris - genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweedweed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants