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bu·gloss

(byo͞o′glôs′, -glŏs′)

Any of several usually hairy Old World plants in the family Boraginaceae, especially in the genera Anchusa, Brunnera, and Echium, having blue or violet flowers.

[Middle English buglosse, plant of the genus Anchusa, from Middle French, from Late Latin būglōssa, from Greek bouglōsson, the plant Anchusa italica : bous, ox; see g^wou- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + glōssa, tongue (the plant being so called because its hairy leaves were thought to resemble the velvety tongues of cattle).]

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bugloss

(ˈbjuːɡlɒs)

(Plants) any of various hairy Eurasian boraginaceous plants of the genera Anchusa, Lycopsis, and Echium, esp L. arvensis, having clusters of blue flowers. See also viper's bugloss

[C15: from Latin būglōssa, from Greek bouglōssos ox-tongued, from bōs ox + glōssa tongue]

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bu•gloss

(ˈbyu glɒs, -glɔs)

n.

any of various erect, bristly plants of the borage family, with small blue flowers, common in sandy soil and open fields.

[1350–1400; Middle English buglossa < Medieval Latin, for Latin būglōssos < Greek, =bou-, s. of boûs ox + -glōssos -tongued]

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Noun	1.	bugloss - perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers alkanet, Anchusa officinalis anchusa - any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers
	2.	bugloss - widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, oxtongue, Picris echioides genus Picris, Picris - genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed weed - any plant that crowds out cultivated plants

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In May and June come pinks of all sorts, specially the blushpink; roses of all kinds, except the musk, which comes later; honeysuckles; strawberries; bugloss; columbine; the French marigold, flos Africanus; cherry-tree in fruit; ribes; figs in fruit; rasps; vineflowers; lavender in flowers; the sweet satyrian, with the white flower; herba muscaria; lilium convallium; the apple-tree in blossom.

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Echium pininana, or Giant Viper's Bugloss One of my favourite plants, this is great for adding drama and excitement as it grows several metres tall.

GAME OF PATIENCE; Nurture these biennials and then sit back for a super show of colour when they flower next year

ECHIUM pininana, or Giant Viper's Bugloss is one of my favourite plants.

Game of patience; Nurture these biennials and then sit back for a super show of colour when they flower next year

Dianthus Barbatus - Sweet William Echium Pininana - Giant Viper's Bugloss Oenothera Biennis - evening primrose Digitalis - foxglove

Game of patience

Mi fedrwch hefyd blannu nifer o rai eraill: mae aelodau o deulu tafod yr ych yn dda i ddenu cacwn, yn enwedig y gwiberlys (Echium vulgare; viper's bugloss).

Denu cacwn a gwenyn i'r ardd; BYD NATUR

Ann said another striking newcomer was Viper's Bugloss."We hope to see these new arrivals again, but in the past we have had some flowers for one year only -- Meadow Saxifrage and Devil's Bit Scabious.