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Any plant of species Echium vulgare, family Boraginaceae, native to most of Europe and…Any plant of species Echium vulgare, family Boraginaceae, native to most of Europe and western and central Asia, and widely introduced elsewhere.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)Any plant of species Echium vulgare, family Boraginaceae, native to most of Europe and western and central Asia, and widely introduced elsewhere.
More definitions
- a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States
Translations
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4 synonymsClose in meaning
- a coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States:blueweedblue devilblue thistleEchium vulgare
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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