The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
oxtongue \ox"tongue`\, 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.
        [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]