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noun
Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, Picris echioides
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed
noun
perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: alkanet, Anchusa officinalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anchusa
History
PIE word *gwṓws 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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