Anchusa Definition

ankyo͝osə, ankyo͝ozə; aŋkyo͝ozə
noun
Webster's New World

Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.

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A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae — certain chiefly herbaceous plants, the buglosses.

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Singular:
anchusa
Plural:
anchusas

Origin of Anchusa

  • From Latin, from Ancient Greek ἄγχουσα (ankhousa, “a plant used as a cosmetic, ox-tongue (Anchusa tinctoria)”)

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