'Anchusa officinalis' definitions:

Definition of 'Anchusa officinalis'

noun

Perennial or biennial herb cultivated for its delicate usually blue flowers [syn: bugloss, alkanet, Anchusa officinalis]

From: GCIDE

Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. Buglosses. [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Anchusa, and especially the {Anchusa officinalis}, sometimes called alkanet; oxtongue. [1913 Webster]
Small wild bugloss, the Asperugo procumbens and the Lycopsis arvensis.
Viper's bugloss, a species of Echium. [1913 Webster]