Buglosses

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