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oxtongue

oxtongue noun: beef tongue (a foodstuff).

Noun

oxtongue (countable and uncountable, plural oxtongues)

  1. Beef tongue (a foodstuff).
  2. A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue).
  3. A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet).

oxtongue meaning in Arabic

oxtongue in Arabic

Picris-genus plant
مُرِّير murrīr

Forms of oxtongue

pluraloxtongues

Origin of oxtongue

From Middle English oxtonge; equivalent to ox + tongue. In the sense of Anchusa a calque of Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson).

Words formed from oxtongue

Questions about oxtongue

What does oxtongue mean?
Oxtongue means beef tongue (a foodstuff).
What is oxtongue in Arabic?
Oxtongue in Arabic is مُرِّير (murrīr). See Oxtongue meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is oxtongue?
Oxtongue is a noun.
What is the plural of oxtongue?
The plural of oxtongue is oxtongues.

Words near oxtongue in the dictionary

  1. oxtercogs
  2. oxtered
  3. oxtering
  4. oxters
  5. Oxton
  6. oxtongue
  7. oxtongue spear
  8. oxtongues
  9. oxtriphylline
  10. Oxus
  11. Oxus Civilization

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