What's the difference between bugloss and oxtongue?

Bugloss


Definition:

  • (n.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.

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  • (1) Notton discovered the country’s second small-headed resin bee and another newcomer, viper’s bugloss mason bee , at Greenwich peninsula ecology park in London , a brownfield site converted into a nature reserve.
  • (2) Email From: Viper Bugloss The officials should step in and stop the contest to prevent the Raiders from receiving any more punishment.
  • (3) Only manuka and vipers bugloss (Echium vulgare L. Family: Boraginaceae) honeys showed this type of activity in a significant proportion of the samples.

Oxtongue


Definition:

  • (n.) A name given to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs.

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