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Oxtongue

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Beef tongue (a foodstuff). countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States wordnet
  3. 3
    A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue). countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English oxtonge; equivalent to ox + tongue. In the sense of Anchusa a calque of Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson).

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