Bugloss \Bu"gloss\, n.; pl. {Buglosses}. [F. buglosse, L. buglossa, buglossus, fr. Gr. ? oxtongue ? ox + ? tongue.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Anchusa}, and especially the {A. officinalis}, sometimes called {alkanet}; oxtongue. {Small wild bugloss}, the {Asperugo procumbens} and the {Lycopsis arvensis}. {Viper's bugloss}, a species of {Echium}.