bugloss

Meaning

Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

Synonyms

bristly oxtongue

Anchusa officinalis

Picris echioides

ox-tongue

common bugloss

Translations

Alkanet

gewöhnliche Ochsenzunge

picris echioides

anchusa officinalis

buglossa

Picris echioides

aspraggine volgare

alcannina

archebion

Anchusa

Anchusa officinalis

ossetong

Etymology

From French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, buglossus, from Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson, “Anchusa italica”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

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