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echium|ˈɛkɪəm|
[mod.L. (J. P. de Tournefort in C. Linnæus Genera Plantarum (1737) 38), f. Gr. ἔχιον the name used by Dioscorides, f. ἔχις viper, in allusion to the spotted stem.]
A plant of the genus of shrubs or herbs so called, belonging to the family Boraginaceæ and native to Europe; cf. viper's bugloss (viper 6 b).
1883W. Robinson Eng. Flower Garden 118/2 These five species..are representative of the annual and biennial Echiums. 1924W. Deeping Three Rooms v. 40 Later, the spikes of the echium would make a wonderful and rich blueness. 1963W. Blunt Of Flowers & Village 267 There were some splendid echiums on Teide. |