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. 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

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

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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.

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