ANCHUSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does anchusa mean? 

• ANCHUSA (noun)
  The noun ANCHUSA has 1 sense:

1. any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers

  Familiarity information: ANCHUSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANCHUSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various Old World herbs of the genus Anchusa having one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("anchusa" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "anchusa"):

alkanet; Anchusa officinalis; bugloss (perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers)

Anchusa capensis; cape forget-me-not (anchusa of southern Africa having blue flowers with white throats)

Anchusa riparia; cape forget-me-not (anchusa of southern Africa having blue to red-purple flowers)

Holonyms ("anchusa" is a member of...):

genus Anchusa (rough and hairy Old World herbs)