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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ox·tongue /ˈɑksˌtʌŋ/
 牛舌草

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 ox·tongue, ox-tongue n. Bot. A widespread European weed (Picris echioides formerly Helminthia echioides) with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.  The name is applied to several plants, from the shape and roughness of their leaves; as, Anchusa officinalis, a kind of bugloss, and Helminthia echioides, both European herbs.  It has been naturalized in the U. S.
 Syn: -- bristly oxtongue, prickly oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 oxtongue
      n : widespread European weed with spiny tongue-shaped leaves and
          yellow flowers; naturalized in United States [syn: bristly
           oxtongue, bitterweed, bugloss, Picris echioides]