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anchusa
[ ang-kyoo-suh, -zuh, an-choo- ]
noun
- 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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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of anchusa1
< New Latin, Latin ²¹²Ô³¦³óÅ«²õ²¹ dyer's bugloss < Greek á²Ô³¦³ó´Ç³Ü²õ²¹
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of anchusa1
C18: from Latin
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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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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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