anchusa
anchusa noun: any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
Noun
anchusa (plural anchusas)
- Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
- Anchusa and Cinnabar were used by the antients to give an agreeable colour to their ointments; and Pliny tells us that where the anchusa was used, they added salt to prevent the oil in those compositions from becoming rancid.1835, Philip Miller, "Anchusa", entry in The Gardener's Dictionary, Volume I, 9th Edition, page 430
- Unfortunately, anchusas have the defect of being coarse in appearance, with hairy leaves and stems which are neither elegant nor graceful.1975, Ippolito Pizzetti, Henry Cocker, Flowers: A Guide for Your Garden, Volume 1, [page 55]
anchusa meaning in Tamil
anchusa in Tamil
- மயிரிழை போன்ற தண்டுடைய செடியினம்
Forms of anchusa
| plural | anchusas |
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Origin of anchusa
From the genus name.
Questions about anchusa
- What does anchusa mean?
- Anchusa means any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.
- What is anchusa in Tamil?
- Anchusa in Tamil is மயிரிழை போன்ற தண்டுடைய செடியினம். See Anchusa meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is anchusa?
- Anchusa is a noun.
- What is the plural of anchusa?
- The plural of anchusa is anchusas.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: anchusa (page history and authors); anchusa (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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