[byoo-glos, -glaws] 
| any of various Old World, boraginaceous herbs, as Anchusa officinalis, having rough leaves, used in medicine, and Lycopsis arvensis, a bristly, blue-flowered herb. |
| bu·gloss (byōō'glôs', -glŏs') n. Any of several usually hairy Old World plants, especially in the genera Anchusa, Brunnera, and Echium, having blue or violet flowers. [Middle English buglosse, from Old French, from Late Latin būglōssa, from Latin būglōssos, from Greek bouglōssos : bous, ox; see gwou- in Indo-European roots + glōssa, tongue.] |