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[syn: oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides]
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.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
oxtongue
n 1: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves
and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn:
oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss,
Picris echioides]