Definition of Echium vulgare

1. Noun. A coarse prickly European weed with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in United States.

Exact synonyms: Blue Devil, Blue Thistle, Blueweed, Viper's Bugloss
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Echium, Genus Echium

Lexicographical Neighbors of Echium Vulgare

Echinidan
Echinidans
Echinocactus grusonii
Echinocereus
Echinochasmus
Echinochloa
Echinochloa crusgalli
Echinochloa frumentacea
Echinodermata
Echinops
Echinosphaerium
Echinus esculentus
Echis
Echium
Echium vulgare (current term)
Echo
Echonian
Echovirus 28
Eck fistula
Ecker's fissure
Eckhart
Eco47II methyltransferase
Eco RI
Eco RII
Economic Commission for Africa
Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East
Economic Commission for Europe
Economic Commission for Latin America
Economic and Social Council

Literary usage of Echium vulgare

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"The common book-name for Echium vulgare, L.— Lyte; Ger. (who calls it also Snake's B); E. Bord. Bot. E. Bord.; Prior, p. 31. ' For as the ancient Nicander ..."

2. The Flora of Berkshire: Being a Topographical and Historical Account of the by George Claridge Druce (1897)
"... neere Oxford,' is doubtless Echium vulgare, L. The locality given may be in either county. The eighth record is again an ambiguous one. ..."

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