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OXTONGUE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oxtongue mean?
• OXTONGUE (noun)
The noun OXTONGUE has 1 sense:
1. widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
Familiarity information: OXTONGUE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
bitterweed; bristly oxtongue; bugloss; oxtongue; Picris echioides
Hypernyms ("oxtongue" is a kind of...):
weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)
Holonyms ("oxtongue" is a member of...):
genus Picris; Picris (genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed)
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