ECHIUM VULGARE
Dictionary entry overview: What does Echium vulgare mean? • ECHIUM VULGARE (noun)
The noun ECHIUM VULGARE has 1 sense:
1. a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
Familiarity information: ECHIUM VULGARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ECHIUM VULGARE (noun)
Meaning:
A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
blue devil; blue thistle; blueweed; Echium vulgare; viper's bugloss
Hypernyms ("Echium vulgare" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("Echium vulgare" is a member of...):
Echium; genus Echium (a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae)
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