bugloss
9.9
A plant with bright blue or yellow flowers and rough, sometimes spiny leaves
- noun
- /ˈbʌɡləs/
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bugloso
- Siberian bugloss
Examples
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Flowers of the bugloss are growing in Riverside Park near my apartment in New York.
Fiction book (1993) -
The bright blue flowers of the bugloss bloom abundantly in the garden every spring.
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In my backyard, the bugloss attracts many bees with its vibrant yellow flowers.
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Siberian bugloss thrives well in shaded areas, making it ideal for woodland gardens.
Synonyms
9.9
A garden herb with bright blue star-shaped flowers often used in herbal medicine
is a broader borage-family plant including yellow flowers and sometimes spiny leaves
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word bugloss comes from the Greek parts bous and glossa, meaning 'ox' and 'tongue', because the plant's long, rough leaves look like an ox's tongue. So the name helps you remember a plant in the borage family with tongue-shaped leaves and often bright flowers.
