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 

• OXTONGUE (noun)

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)