bugloss
英 ['bjuːglɒs]
美
- n. 牛舌草
英英释义
- 1. perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers
- 2. widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
英文词源
- bugloss (n.)
- 1530s, from French buglosse, from Latin buglossa, from Greek bouglossos, literally "ox-tongued," from bous "ox" (see cow (n.)) + glossa "tongue" (see gloss (n.2)) . So called from the shape of its leaves.