bugloss

English

Purple viper’s bugloss, Echium plantagineum.

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French buglosse, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin buglossa, buglossus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson, “”), from βούς (boús, “ox”) + γλωσσον (glōsson, “tongue”)

Noun

bugloss (usually uncountable, plural buglosses)

1. Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

Synonyms

• oxtongue

Translations

any of several plants in the borage family

• Bulgarian: паче гнездо (pače gnezdo)
• Dacian: budathla
• Finnish: rasti (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Greek:

  Ancient: βούγλωσσον n (boúglōsson)

• Norman: p'tite g'linne f

See also

• bugloss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boraginaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies