bugloss

English

 bugloss on Wikipedia

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷṓws

From French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, buglossus, from Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson, “Anchusa italica”), from βοῦς (boûs, “ox”) + γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Noun

bugloss (usually uncountable, plural buglosses)

1. Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

Synonyms

• oxtongue

Derived terms

• viper's bugloss

Translations

any of several plants in the borage family

Arabic: كَحْلَاء f (kaḥlāʔ), شِنْجَار m (šinjār), خَسّ الْحِمَار m (ḵass al-ḥimār) Belarusian: пакрыве́ц m (pakryvjéc) Bulgarian: паче гнездо (pače gnezdo) Dacian: budathla Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: rasti (fi) German: (none, use more specific designations for particular genera) Greek: Ancient: βούγλωσσον n (boúglōsson) Hungarian: kígyószisz (hu) Kazakh: өгізтіл (ögıztıl) Latin: būglōssa f, longaevum n Middle English: oxtonge Norman: p'tite g'linne f Ottoman Turkish: صیغیر دلی (sığır dili) (Anchusa) Portuguese: buglossa (pt) f Polish: farbownik (pl) m Russian: волови́к (ru) m (volovík) Swedish: strävbladig växt c Ukrainian: волови́к m (volovýk)

See also

• bugloss on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Boraginaceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies