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bugloss

bugloss noun: any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.

bugloss: any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae
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Noun

bugloss (usually uncountable, plural buglosses)

  1. (usually) Any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
    Synonyms:
    oxtongue

bugloss meaning in Arabic

bugloss in Arabic

any of several plants in the borage family
كَحْلَاء kaḥlāʔ, شِنْجَار šinjār, خَسّ الْحِمَار ḵass al-ḥimār, لِسَان الثَّوْر lisān aṯ-ṯawr

Synonyms of bugloss

Forms of bugloss

pluralbuglosses

Origin of bugloss

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

Words formed from bugloss

Questions about bugloss

What does bugloss mean?
Bugloss means any of several plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae.
What is bugloss in Arabic?
Bugloss in Arabic is كَحْلَاء (kaḥlāʔ), شِنْجَار (šinjār), خَسّ الْحِمَار (ḵass al-ḥimār). See Bugloss meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is bugloss?
Bugloss is a noun.
What is the plural of bugloss?
The plural of bugloss is buglosses.

Words near bugloss in the dictionary

  1. buglike
  2. bugling
  3. buglings
  4. Bugliosi
  5. Bugliosis
  6. bugloss
  7. buglosses
  8. bugly
  9. bugmail
  10. bugman
  11. bugmen

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