Hound's-tongue Definition

houndztŭng
noun
Any of a genus (Cynoglossum) of weedy plants of the borage family, with white, blue, or reddish flowers and hairy, tongue-shaped leaves.
Webster's New World
Alternative form of hound's tongue.
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Other Word Forms of Hound's-tongue

Noun

Singular:
hound's-tongue
Plural:
hound's tongues

Origin of Hound's-tongue

  • Middle English houndes-tongue from Old English hundes-tunge (translation of Latin cynoglōssus) (from Greek kunoglōssos) hundes genitive of hund hound hound tunge tongue tongue

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Anglo-Saxon.

    From Wiktionary

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