HyperDic: genus_echium

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Echium:
NOUNplantgenus Echium, Echiuma genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
English > genus Echium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae.
SynonymEchium
Member ofBoraginaceae, family Boraginaceae, borage familyA widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
Membersblueweed, blue devil, blue thistle, viper's bugloss, Echium vulgareA coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers
Broaderplant genusA genus of plants
Spanishechium, genus echium
Catalanechium, genus echium

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