small wild bugloss

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small wild bugloss - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses. [F. buglosse, L.
     buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.]
     (Bot.)
     A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the Anchusa officinalis
     , sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
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     Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the
        Lycopsis arvensis.
  
     Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.
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