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oxtongue.

Beef tongue (a foodstuff).

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Beef tongue (a foodstuff).

    countable · uncountable
  2. A flowering plant of the genus Picris, especially Picris echioides (bristly oxtongue).

    countable · uncountable
  3. A flowering plant of the genus Anchusa, especially Anchusa officinalis (true alkanet).

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English oxtonge; equivalent to ox + tongue. In the sense of Anchusa a calque of Ancient Greek βούγλωσσον (boúglōsson).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.