Definition for BU'GLOSS

BU'GLOSS, n. [L. buglossus; Gr. βουγλωσσος, of βους, an ox, and γλωσσα, tongue.]

The popular name of a genus of plants, called Anchusa. The small wild bugloss, is the Asperugo. The viper's bugloss, is the Echium.

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