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Definition of Bugloss

1. Noun. Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.

2. Noun. Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.

Definition of Bugloss

1. n. A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.

Definition of Bugloss

1. a coarse plant [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Bugloss

1. Origin: F. Buglosse, L. Buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. Oxtongue ox + tongue. A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. Officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bugloss

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