ˈbyüˌgläs, -lȯs noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, irregular from Greek bouglōssos, bouglōsson, from bous head of cattle + -glōssos, -glōsson (from glōssa tongue) — more at cow , gloss
1. : a plant of the genus Anchusa (especially A. officinalis ) sometimes cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers — called also alkanet
2. : german madwort
3. : a European hawkweed ( Picris echioides ) with yellow flowers that is now naturalized in the eastern United States
4. : a very bristly annual European herb ( Lycopsis arvensis ) naturalized in eastern No. America