1.
[syn: bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
oxtongue \ox"tongue`\, ox-tongue \ox"-tongue`\, n. (Bot.)
A widespread European weed (Picris echioides formerly
Helminthia echioides) with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and
yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from
the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa
officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides,
both European herbs. It has been naturalized in the U. S.
Syn: bristly oxtongue, prickly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Alkanet \Al"ka*net\ ([a^]l"k[.a]*n[e^]t), n. [Dim. of Sp.
alcana, alhe[~n]a, in which al is the Ar. article. See
Henna, and cf. Orchanet.]
1. (Chem.) A dyeing matter extracted from the roots of
Alkanna tinctoria, which gives a fine deep red color.
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2. (Bot.)
(a) A boraginaceous herb (Alkanna tinctoria) yielding
the dye; orchanet.
(b) The similar plant Anchusa officinalis; bugloss;
also, the American puccoon.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Anchusa officinalis
n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa
officinalis]