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单词 bugloss
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
bu•gloss  (byo̅o̅′glos, -glôs),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Plant Biologyany of various Old World, boraginaceous herbs, as Anchusa officinalis, having rough leaves, used in medicine, and Lycopsis arvensis, a bristly, blue-flowered herb.
  • Greek, equivalent. to bou-, stem of boûs ox + -glōssos -tongued, adjective, adjectival derivative of glôssa tongue
  • Medieval Latin, for Latin būglōssos
  • Middle English buglossa 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
bugloss /ˈbjuːɡlɒs/ n
  1. any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium, esp L. arvensis, having clusters of blue flowers
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin būglōssa, from Greek bouglōssos ox-tongued, from bōs ox + glōssa tongue
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