anchusa

American  

[ang-kyoo-suh, -zuh, an-choo-] / æŋˈkyu sə, -zə, ænˈtʃu- /

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.

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anchusa British  

/ æŋˈkjuːsə /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of anchusa

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

Example Sentences

To the east, separating the lawn from the walk, which is west of the canna beds, is a border of dusty miller next the grass and one row each of blue anchusa and red snapdragon.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

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

From The Old English Herbals by Rohde, Eleanour Sinclair

But as we ascend slowly the flowers increase; wild hollyhocks, and morning-glories, and clumps of blue anchusa, and scarlet adonis, and tall wands of white asphodel.

From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Van Dyke, Henry