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 their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs. It has been naturalized in the U. S.
Syn: -- bristly oxtongue, prickly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss.
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oxtongue
n : widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and
yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: bristly
oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides]