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bugloss

[ byoo-glos, -glaws ]

noun

  1. any of various Old World, boraginaceous herbs, as Anchusa officinalis, having rough leaves, used in medicine, and Lycopsis arvensis, a bristly, blue-flowered herb.


bugloss

/ ˈbjuːɡlɒs /

noun

  1. any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa , Lycopsis , and Echium , esp L. arvensis , having clusters of blue flowers See also viper's bugloss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bugloss1

1350–1400; Middle English buglossa < Medieval Latin, for Latin būglōssos < Greek, equivalent to bou-, stem of boûs ox + -glōssos -tongued, adj. derivative of glôssa tongue
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bugloss1

C15: from Latin būglōssa , from Greek bouglōssos ox-tongued, from bōs ox + glōssa tongue
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Example Sentences

The bugloss belongs to what may be called beautiful weeds, despite its rough and bristly stalk.

The angle of a field by the woods on the eastern side of the heath, the entire corner, is blue in July with viper's bugloss.

Like Gerard, he does not question the efficacy of borage, bugloss and many other herbs to promote happiness.

It was viper's bugloss—a stray, I told her, shifting my head uneasily beneath her scrutiny.

The leaves of the Viper's Bugloss are rough and hairy, with smooth edges.

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