BUGLOSS


Meaning of BUGLOSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈbyü-ˌgläs, -ˌglȯs ]

noun

Etymology: Middle English buglosse, from Anglo-French, from Latin buglossa, irregular from Greek bouglōssos, from bous head of cattle + glōssa tongue — more at cow , gloss

Date: 14th century

: any of several coarse hairy plants (genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium ) of the borage family — compare viper's bugloss

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