| hound's-tongue | (n) perennial shrub of North America having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and pale-blue to purple flowers, Syn. Cynoglossum virginaticum |
| hound's-tongue | (n) biennial shrub of Europe and western Asia having coarse tongue-shaped leaves and dark reddish-purple flowers, Syn. Cynoglossum officinale |
| Hound's-tongue | n. [ AS. hundes tunge. ] (Bot.) A biennial weed (Cynoglossum officinale), with soft tongue-shaped leaves, and an offensive odor. It bears nutlets covered with barbed or hooked prickles. Called also |