oxtongue Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
bugloss; bitterweed; Picris echioides; bristly oxtongue.

WordNet

Ox"tongue` noun

Definitions

(Bot.) A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs.

Webster 1913

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