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Definition of Cynoglossum officinale
1. Noun. Biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Cynoglossum, Genus Cynoglossum
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cynoglossum Officinale
Literary usage of Cynoglossum officinale
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Cynoglossum officinale L,. 1. C. officinale. 2. C. Virginicum. Hound's-tongue.
Gipsy Flower. (Fig. ... Cynoglossum officinale i,. Sp. PI. 134. 1753. ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1918)
"... capitatum 3 Lychnis alba 1 Cynoglossum officinale 3 Sisymbrium officinale 1
Rumex acetosella 3 Twenty other species also occurred in the association, ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1901)
"Cynoglossum officinale— ... states that he has isolated two alkaloids from the
root of Cynoglossum officinale. ..."