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oxtongue — ox tongue , ox tongue ox tongue , n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed ({Picris echioides} formerly {Helminthia echioides}) with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and roughness of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oxtongue — noun a) Beef tongue (a foodstuff). b) A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides, the bristly oxtongue … Wiktionary
Anchusa officinalis — oxtongue ox tongue , ox tongue ox tongue , n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed ({Picris echioides} formerly {Helminthia echioides}) with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Helminthia echioides — oxtongue ox tongue , ox tongue ox tongue , n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed ({Picris echioides} formerly {Helminthia echioides}) with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Helminthia echioides — oxtongue ox tongue , ox tongue ox tongue , n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed ({Picris echioides} formerly {Helminthia echioides}) with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ox-tongue — oxtongue ox tongue , ox tongue ox tongue , n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed ({Picris echioides} formerly {Helminthia echioides}) with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Picris echioides — oxtongue ox tongue , ox tongue ox tongue , n. (Bot.) A widespread European weed ({Picris echioides} formerly {Helminthia echioides}) with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers. The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Picris — noun genus of weedy Old World yellow flowered herbs usually containing a bitter tasting substance: bitterweed • Syn: ↑genus Picris • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bitterweed — noun 1. widespread European weed with spiny tongue shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States • Syn: ↑oxtongue, ↑bristly oxtongue, ↑bugloss, ↑Picris echioides • Hypernyms: ↑weed • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
genus Picris — noun genus of weedy Old World yellow flowered herbs usually containing a bitter tasting substance: bitterweed • Syn: ↑Picris • Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Compositae, ↑family Compositae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
