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Definition of Echium vulgare
1. Noun. A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States.
Exact synonyms: Blue Devil, Blue Thistle, Blueweed, Viper's Bugloss
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Echium, Genus Echium
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Echium, Genus Echium
Lexicographical Neighbors of Echium Vulgare
Literary usage of Echium vulgare
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"The common book-name for echium vulgare, L.— Lyte; Ger. (who calls it also Snake's
B); E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord.; Prior, p. 31. ' For as the ancient Nicander ..."
2. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"... neere Oxford,' is doubtless echium vulgare, L. The locality given may be in
either county. The eighth record is again an ambiguous one. ..."
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