Lycopsis

noun

Ly·​cop·​sis

-sə̇s

: a genus of bristly herbs (family Boraginaceae) with small blue flowers in terminal scorpioid racemes see bugloss

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, a plant, bugloss, from Greek lykopsis, probably from lyk- lyc- + -opsis

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