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onosma

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any flowering plant of the genus Onosma, of the family Boraginaceae.

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History

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Onosma, from Ancient Greek ὄνοσμᾰ (ónosmă).

Across languages

Translations

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  • Arabic: مِصَّيْص (miṣṣayṣ) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Arabic: شِنْجَار (šinjār) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Armenian: իշհոտոտ (išhotot) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Armenian: հավածոր (havacor) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Armenian: իշաքոթ (išakʻotʻ) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Chinese Cantonese: 驢臭草 /驴臭草 (leoi4 cau3 cou2) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Chinese Mandarin: 驢臭草 /驴臭草 (lǘchòucǎo) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Finnish: torvikki — Onomsa-genus plant
  • French: onosme — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Georgian: ონოსმა (onosma) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • German: Lotwurz — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Greek: όνοσμα (ónosma) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Ancient Greek: ὄνοσμᾰ (ónosmă) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Kazakh: айлауық (ailauyq) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Polish: rumianica — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Polish: onosma — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Russian: оно́сма (onósma) — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: oštrika — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Serbo-Croatian: oštrolist — Onomsa-genus plant
  • Ukrainian: громо́вик (hromóvyk) — Onomsa-genus plant