hound's tongue

• houndstongue, hound's-tongue

From Middle English houndestonge, from Old English hundes tunge (“hound’s tongue (cynoglossum officinale)”), a calque of Latin cynoglossos, itself from Ancient Greek κυνόγλωσσον (kunóglōsson, literally “hound’s tongue”). Compare Dutch hondstong, German Hundszunge.

hound's tongue (plural hound's tongues)

1. Any of genus Cynoglossum of small-flowered herbs and shrubs of the Old World
   1. especially, a biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale) with soft tongue-shaped leaves and an offensive odour. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles.

      Synonym: dog's tongue

• rib (plant)

• Australian hound's tongue (Cynoglossum australe)
• blue hound's tongue (Cynoglossum creticum)
• Drakensberg hound's tongue (Cynoglossum austroafricanum)
• fuzzy hound's tongue (Cynoglossum obtusicalyx)
• green hound's tongue (Cynoglossum germanicum)
• magenta hound's tongue (Cynoglossum hispidum)
• small hound's tongue (Cynoglossum lanceolatum)
• soft hound's tongue (Cynoglossum spelaeum))
• woolly hound's tongue (Cynoglossum alticola)

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• Cynoglossum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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