anchusa

noun

an·​chu·​sa

aŋˈkyüsə,

-üzə

1

capitalized : a large genus of rough-hairy Old World herbs (family Boraginaceae) with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers see bugloss

2

plural -s : a plant of the genus Anchusa

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, alkanet, from Greek anchousa

First Known Use

1567, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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