HyperDic: bugloss

English > 2 senses of the word bugloss:
NOUNplantbugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalisperennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
plantbugloss, oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, Picris echioideswidespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
English > bugloss: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers.
Synonymsalkanet, Anchusa officinalis
BroaderanchusaAny of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
English > bugloss: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaningwidespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.
Synonymsoxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, Picris echioides
Member ofPicris, genus Picrisgenus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance
BroaderweedAny plant that crowds out cultivated plants
Spanishoxtongue
Catalanoxtongue, picris echioides

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