Bū'glōss, n.

n. [Fr. buglosse, Lat. buglossa, buglossus, Gr. βούγλωσσος, ox-tongue, βοῦς, ox, and γλῶσσα, tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, used in dyeing and coloring; ox-tongue.

Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.—Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.