Definition of oxtongue

ox´tongue`
n.1.(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 their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs. It has been naturalized in the U. S.


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bitterweed, bristly oxtongue, bugloss, genus Picris, Picris, Picris echioides, weed


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