oxtongue

Meaning

1. Beef tongue (a foodstuff).
2. A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue).
3. A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet).

Synonyms

bugloss

bitterweed

bristly oxtongue

Picris echioides

Translations

Ochsenzunge

Bitterkräute

picris

picris echioides

Picris echioides

aspraggine volgare

Picris

ossetong

bitterkruid

Picris echioides

Bitterkraut

sığırdili

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: oxtonge

In summary

From Middle English oxtonge; equivalent to ox + tongue. In the sense of Anchusa a calque of Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson).