Search Result for "cynoglossum_officinale":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers;
[syn: hound's-tongue, Cynoglossum officinale]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hound's-tongue \Hound's"-tongue`\, n. [AS. hundes tunge.] (Bot.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also dog's-tongue. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cynoglossum officinale n 1: biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers [syn: hound's-tongue, Cynoglossum officinale]