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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl {Buglosses}. [F. buglosse L. buglossa buglossus fr Gr ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Anchusa}, and especially the {A. officinalis}, sometimes called {alkanet}; oxtongue. {Small wild bugloss}, the {Asperugo procumbens} and the {Lycopsis arvensis}. {Viper's bugloss}, a species of {Echium}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bugloss n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: {alkanet}, {Anchusa officinalis}] 2: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: {oxtongue}, {bristly oxtongue}, {bitterweed}, {Picris echioides}]
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