bugloss

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English

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Purple viper’s bugloss, Echium plantagineum.

Etymology

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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bugloss (usually uncountable, plural buglosses)

  1. Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

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