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Bugloss

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States wordnet
  3. 3
    perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers wordnet

Etymology

PIE word *gʷṓws From French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, buglossus, from Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson, “Anchusa italica”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

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