Bu″gloss (�), n.; pl.Buglosses (�). [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. � oxtongue � ox + � tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the A. officinalis, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue.
Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis. — Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium.