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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A biennial Eurasian plant (Echium vulgare) naturalized as a weed in eastern North America, having blue to purple flowers and hairy stems and foliage.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
Echium .
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- noun a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
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madmouth commented on the word viper's bugloss
apparently bugloss derives from the Greek meaning "ox tongue", making this a double candidate for Love Across Kingdoms :D
September 5, 2011
biocon commented on the word viper's bugloss
L. bū`glossa or būglossos is derived from Gk. boύglōssos (oxtongue), which = 1. a sole (flatfish such as a tonguefish); 2. a cartilaginous fish (shark, ray or skate).
Viper's Bugloss (Echium vulgare) is native to most of Europe, and western and central Asia, and common in North America. It is a biennial or monocarpic perennial herbaceous plant possessing rough, hairy, lanceolate leaves. The flowers, which are initially pink, become caerulean.
Small Bugloss (Archusa arvensis) = a noxious annual herbaceous dicotylenous plant possessing caerulean flowers.
September 5, 2011