/byooh"glos, -glaws/ , n.
any of various Old World, boraginaceous herbs, as Anchusa officinalis, having rough leaves, used in medicine, and Lycopsis arvensis, a bristly, blue-flowered herb.
[ 1350-1400; ME buglossa buglossos bou-, s. of boûs ox + -glossos -tongued, adj. deriv. of glôssa tongue ]