any of various Eurasian plants of the genus Picris, having oblong bristly leaves and clusters of dandelion-like flowers: family Asteraceae (composites)
2.
any of various other plants having bristly tongue-shaped leaves, such as alkanet
3.
the tongue of an ox, braised or boiled as food
oxtongue in American English
(ˈɑksˌtʌŋ)
noun
Obsolete
any of a number of plants, as alkanet, with rough, tongue-shaped leaves