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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

/ æŋˈ°ìÂá³Ü˲õÉ™ /

noun

  1. any Eurasian plant of the boraginaceous genus Anchusa , having rough hairy stems and leaves and blue flowers See also alkanet bugloss
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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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