bugloss
pronunciation
How to pronounce bugloss in British English:
UK ['bjuːglɒs]
How to pronounce bugloss in American English:
US [bjuɡ'lɒs]
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- Noun:
- perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
- widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
Word Origin
- bugloss (n.)
- 1530s, from French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, from Greek bouglossos, literally "ox-tongued," from bous "ox" (see cow (n.)) + glossa "tongue" (see gloss (n.2)) . So called from the shape of its leaves.