01 n. A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the Anchusa officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
pl.
Buglosses
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A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the Anchusa officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.(Bot.) Also: alkanet
Phrases & compounds
Small wild bugloss —
the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.
Viper's bugloss —
a species of Echium.