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Definition of: bugloss
(by
′glos, -glôs) noun
Any of various genera (as Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium) of coarse, hairy, boraginaceous plants having funnel-shaped, blue flowers. Also called alkanet, oxtongue. [<F buglosse <L buglossa <Gk. bouglossos <bous bull, ox + glossa tongue]
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