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    OXTONGUE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers; naturalized in United Statesplay

    Synonyms:

    bitterweed; bristly oxtongue; bugloss; oxtongue; Picris echioides

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("oxtongue" is a kind of...):

    weed (any plant that crowds out cultivated plants)

    Holonyms ("oxtongue" is a member of...):

    genus Picris; Picris (genus of weedy Old World yellow-flowered herbs usually containing a bitter-tasting substance: bitterweed)

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