NOUN | plant | bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis | perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers |
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plant | bugloss, oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, Picris echioides | widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers |
Meaning | perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers. | |
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Synonyms | alkanet, Anchusa officinalis | |
Broader | anchusa | Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers |
Meaning | widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States. | |
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Synonyms | oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, Picris echioides | |
Member of | Picris, genus Picris | genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance |
Broader | weed | Any plant that crowds out cultivated plants |
Spanish | oxtongue | |
Catalan | oxtongue, picris echioides |
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