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Definition of Genus anchusa
1. Noun. Rough and hairy Old World herbs.
Group relationships: Borage Family, Boraginaceae, Family Boraginaceae
Member holonyms: Anchusa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Anchusa
Literary usage of Genus anchusa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"any plant of the genus Anchusa, bugloss, oxtongue. ancien, a. ancient; old;
former, late, ex-; old- fashioned. — m. ancient; old person; ..."
2. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"The name of alkanet is also extended to the whole genus Anchusa, of which three
species are common in ..."
3. A French-English Dictionary for Chemists by Austin McDowell Patterson (1921)
"any plant of the genus Anchusa, bugloss, oxtongue. ancien, a. ancient; old;
former, late, ex-; old- fashioned. — m. ancient; old person; ..."
4. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"The name of alkanet is also extended to the whole genus Anchusa, of which three
species are common in ..."
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