CYNOGLOSSUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cynoglossum mean? 

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

1. a large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYNOGLOSSUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large genus of tall rough herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Cynoglossum; genus Cynoglossum

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

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Cynoglossum"):

Chinese forget-me-not; Cynoglossum amabile (biennial east Asian herb grown for its usually bright blue flowers)

Cynoglossum officinale; hound's-tongue (biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers)

Cynoglossum virginaticum; hound's-tongue (perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers)

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

borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)