anchusa

Definitions

Any plant of the genus Anchusa (within family Boraginaceae) of rough and hairy Old World herbs with one-sided clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers.

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“1835, Philip Miller, "Anchusa", entry in The Gardener's Dictionary, Volume I, 9th Edition, page 430, Anchusa and Cinnabar were used by the antients to give⟳ an agreeable colour to their ointments; and Pliny tells us that where the anchusa was used, they added salt to prevent⟳ the oil in those compositions from becoming rancid.”

“Unfortunately, anchusas have⟳ the defect of being coarse in appearance, with hairy leaves and stems which are neither elegant nor graceful.”

“Related to the common annual form⟳ of forget-me-nots (Myosotis), the two species of anchusa produce⟳ some of the bluest of the blue flowers in the plant⟳ kingdom, and both are easy to grow⟳.”

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