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n. - Biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers; Perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers.

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  • I've dressed his bite with a lotion of hound's-tongue, and anointed a few other cuts and grazes he has.
  • For example, in hound's-tongue and goose-grass, two of the best-known instances among our common English weeds, each little nut is covered with many small hooks, which...
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