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 A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. -- Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.
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