HyperDic: bristly_oxtongue

English > 1 sense of the expression bristly oxtongue:
NOUNplantbristly oxtongue, oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioideswidespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers
English > bristly oxtongue: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwidespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States.
Synonymsoxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, 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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