bugloss

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

bugloss
    n 1: perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate
         usually blue flowers [syn: {bugloss}, {alkanet}, {Anchusa
         officinalis}]
    2: widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and
       yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn:
       {oxtongue}, {bristly oxtongue}, {bitterweed}, {bugloss},
       {Picris echioides}]

from The 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.
   [1913 Webster]

   {Small wild bugloss}, the {Asperugo procumbens} and the
      {Lycopsis arvensis}.

   {Viper's bugloss}, a species of {Echium}.
      [1913 Webster]