English-Thai Dictionary
bugloss
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
BUGLOSS
n.[L. buglossus; Gr. an ox, and tongue. ] A genus of plants, called alkanet; in botany, anchusa.
The small wild bugloss, is the Asperugo.
The viper's bugloss, is the Echium.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
BUGLOSS
Bu "gloss, n.; pl. Buglosses. Etym: [F. buglosse, L. buglossa,buglossus, fr. Gr. (Bot. )
Defn: 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
bugloss
bu gloss |ˈbyo͞oglôs, -läs ˈbjuɡlɑs | ▶noun a bristly plant of the borage family, with bright blue flowers. [Anchusa, Lycopsis, and other genera, family Boraginaceae: several species, including the small bugloss (L. arvensis ) and the widespread viper's bugloss. ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French buglosse or Latin buglossus, from Greek bouglōssos ‘ox-tongued, ’ from bous ‘ox ’ + glōssa ‘tongue. ’
Oxford Dictionary
bugloss
bugloss |ˈbjuːglɒs | ▶noun a bristly plant of the borage family, with bright blue flowers. ●Anchusa and other genera, family Boraginaceae: several species, including the Eurasian A. arvensis and the widespread viper's bugloss. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French buglosse or Latin buglossus, from Greek bouglōssos ‘ox-tongued ’, from bous ‘ox ’ + glōssa ‘tongue ’.
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