anchusa

[ ang-kyoo-suh, -zuh, an-choo- ]

noun

1. any plant of the genus Anchusa, of the borage family, several species of which are cultivated for their blue or purplish flowers that resemble forget-me-nots.

anchusa

/ æŋˈkjuːsə /

noun

1. See alkanet, bugloss
   any Eurasian plant of the boraginaceous genus Anchusa , having rough hairy stems and leaves and blue flowers See also alkanet bugloss

Word History and Origins

Origin of anchusa¹

< New Latin, Latin anchūsa dyer's bugloss < Greek ánchousa

Word History and Origins

Origin of anchusa¹

C18: from Latin

Example Sentences

The two British Alkanets (Anchusa) are interesting plants, though not very common.

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That when French ladies coloured their faces with an ointment containing anchusa the colour did not last long.

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My garden is at present amazingly blue with Dropmore Alkanet (Anchusa).

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She gazed at the bushes of blue anchusa; the gardener had planted pink monthly roses a little too thickly among them.

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In this specimen a raceme of small flowers was included within the enlarged pericarp of a species of Anchusa.

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