hound's-tongue

(ho̵undz′tuŋ′)

noun

any of a genus (Cynoglossum) of weedy plants of the borage family, with white, blue, or reddish flowers and hairy, tongue-shaped leaves

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noun

Any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Cynoglossum, having hairy leaves, small reddish-purple flowers, and prickly clinging fruit.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English houndes-tongue

Origin: , from Old English hundes-tunge (translation of Latin cynoglōssus, from Greek kunoglōssos)

Origin: : hundes

Origin: , genitive of hund, hound; see hound

Origin: + tunge, tongue; see tongue

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