noun
Meaning 1
Beef tongue (a foodstuff).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
oxtongue
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noun
Meaning 2
A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
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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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weed
History
Etymology
From Middle English oxtonge; equivalent to ox + tongue. In the sense of Anchusa a calque of Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson).
Across languages
Translations
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مُرِّير (murrīr) — Picris-genus plant
- Belarusian: гарлю́ха (harljúxa) — Picris-genus plant
- Dutch: bitterkruid — Picris-genus plant
- Finnish: kitkerö — Picris-genus plant
- French: picris — Picris-genus plant
- German: Bitterkraut — Picris-genus plant
- Polish: goryczel — Picris-genus plant
- Russian: горлю́ха (gorljúxa) — Picris-genus plant
- Ukrainian: гірча́нка (hirčánka) — Picris-genus plant