oxtongue

British  

/ ˈɒksˌtʌŋ /

noun

1. any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Picris, having oblong bristly leaves and clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)

2. any of various other plants having bristly tongue-shaped leaves, such as alkanet

3. the tongue of an ox, braised or boiled as food

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Example Sentences

The trust uses Exmoor ponies to graze the chalky topside, enabling plants such as oxtongue broomrape to thrive.

From BBC

Looking over my belongings before I left, I found a tinned oxtongue, which by an oversight had remained unregarded and uneaten somewhere at the bottom of a kit bag for many months.

From Project Gutenberg

The dogwood leaves are bright carmine, and the maple yellow as sulphur, the last flowers are out in the hedges, the pink cranesbill and the blue oxtongue which will hang on till after Christmas.

From Project Gutenberg