viper's bugloss

American  

noun

1. the blueweed.

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viper's bugloss British  

noun

1. a Eurasian boraginaceous weed, Echium vulgare, having blue flowers and pink buds Also called (US) blueweed See Paterson's curse See also echium

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Etymology

Origin of viper's bugloss

First recorded in 1590–1600

Example Sentences

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 Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)

Blue-weed, or viper's bugloss; travels of; description of.

From The Writings of John Burroughs — Volume 05: Pepacton by Burroughs, John

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.

From Nature Near London by Jefferies, Richard