noun
a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
• Syn: ↑genus Echium
• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑family Boraginaceae, ↑borage family
• Member Meronyms: ↑blueweed, ↑blue devil, ↑blue thistle, ↑viper's bugloss, ↑Echium vulgare
Useful english dictionary. 2012.