Bugloss

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. {Buglosses}. [F. buglosse, L.
     buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.]
     (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus {Anchusa}, and especially the {Anchusa
     officinalis}, sometimes called {alkanet}; oxtongue.
     [1913 Webster]


  
     {Small wild bugloss}, the {Asperugo procumbens} and the
        {Lycopsis arvensis}.
  
     {Viper's bugloss}, a species of {Echium}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bugloss
       n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
            usually blue flowers [syn: {alkanet}, {Anchusa
            officinalis}]
       2: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and
          yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: {oxtongue},
           {bristly oxtongue}, {bitterweed}, {Picris echioides}]