bugloss

American  

[byoo-glos, -glaws] / ˈbju glɒs, -glɔs /

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.

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bugloss British  

/ 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

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Etymology

Origin of bugloss

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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Example Sentences

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bugloss

The white was ox-eye daisies, bladder campion and wild carrot, with spires of bright blue from viper's bugloss.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025

The medicinal garden is one of eight discrete beds in the Bonnefont Cloister garden, where Montefusco and his gardeners grow such beguiling medieval herbs as viper’s bugloss, self-heal, cow-cockle and restharrow.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 9, 2020

One of these includes the forget-me-nots, the borage, the alkanet, and the viper's bugloss, which keep up this blue as a family heirloom.

From The Naturalist on the Thames by C. J. (Charles John) Cornish

Non-fragrant flowers that yield honey are those of the raspberry, clematis, sumac, bugloss, ailanthus, goldenrod, aster, fleabane.

From A Year in the Fields by John Burroughs

Along my path is bugloss blue, The star with fruit in moss; The foxgloves drop from throat to top A daily lesser bell.

From Poems — Volume 2 by George Meredith

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