单词 | bugloss |
释义 | bugloss (once / 75765 pages) 1n 2n WORD FAMILY bugloss USAGE EXAMPLESI have seen the Viper's Bugloss often since that day on the railroad train, now that I know it, and think of it. Earle, Alice Morse, Old-Time Gardens—Newly Set Forth(2012) "It's a very inconvenient store-room," said the dapper manager, "I think Mr. Bugloss intends to pull it down next year." MacKenzie, Compton, The Passionate Elopement(2011) The name bugloss is derived from the Greek and means ox-tongue—no doubt in reference to the plant’s rough leaves. Darwin, Francis, Sir, Springtime and Other Essays(2010) 1 n widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States 2Syn|Hyper Picris echioides, bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue weed any plant that crowds out cultivated plants n perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers Syn|Hyper Anchusa officinalis, alkanet anchusa any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers |
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