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

For his bees, he built blue-painted wooden hives that litter his backyard like beacons among the tall grass, their inhabitants furiously commuting among the chickens, a dilapidated white Volga sedan and clusters of phacelia, viper’s bugloss and mustard plants.

From New York Times

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

The rabbits sheltered in dim green sun-flecked caves of grass, flowering marjoram and cow parsley; peered round spotted hairy-stemmed clumps of viper’s bugloss, blooming red and blue above their heads; pushed between towering stalks of yellow mullein.

From Literature

Pull off the CV-14 road five minutes later and stop at El Bailadero for a chance to stretch your legs on the well-marked one-kilometer trail, walking past the blue viper's bugloss and tree heather of this Unesco World Heritage Site, shrouded in mist and clouds.

From The Wall Street Journal