Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bugloss
2 senses of bugloss
Sense 1
bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis -- (perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers)
=> anchusa -- (any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers)
Sense 2
oxtongue, bristly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides -- (widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States)
=> weed -- (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)