Definition of dog's tongue in English:

dog's tongue

(also dog's-tongue)

noun ˈdɒɡz tʌŋ

Any of various plants constituting the genus Cynoglossum (family Boraginaceae), especially a European weed, C. officinale, with dark red flowers, which was formerly used medicinally. Also called hound's-tongue.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. In some forms from dog + tongue; in some forms from the genitive of dog + tongue. In sense 1 after classical Latin cynoglossos (Pliny), itself from Hellenistic Greek κυνόγλωσσος, κυνόγλωσσον (Dioscorides); so called on account of the shape of its leaves.

Definition of dog's tongue in US English:

dog's tongue

(also dog's-tongue)

nounˈdɒɡz tʌŋ

Any of various plants constituting the genus Cynoglossum (family Boraginaceae), especially a European weed, C. officinale, with dark red flowers, which was formerly used medicinally. Also called hound's-tongue.

Origin

Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. In some forms from dog + tongue; in some forms from the genitive of dog + tongue. In sense 1 after classical Latin cynoglossos (Pliny), itself from Hellenistic Greek κυνόγλωσσος, κυνόγλωσσον (Dioscorides); so called on account of the shape of its leaves.

单词	dog's tongue
释义	Definition of dog's tongue in English: dog's tongue (also dog's-tongue) noun ˈdɒɡz tʌŋ Any of various plants constituting the genus Cynoglossum (family Boraginaceae), especially a European weed, C. officinale, with dark red flowers, which was formerly used medicinally. Also called hound's-tongue. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. In some forms from dog + tongue; in some forms from the genitive of dog + tongue. In sense 1 after classical Latin cynoglossos (Pliny), itself from Hellenistic Greek κυνόγλωσσος, κυνόγλωσσον (Dioscorides); so called on account of the shape of its leaves. Definition of dog's tongue in US English: dog's tongue (also dog's-tongue) nounˈdɒɡz tʌŋ Any of various plants constituting the genus Cynoglossum (family Boraginaceae), especially a European weed, C. officinale, with dark red flowers, which was formerly used medicinally. Also called hound's-tongue. Origin Late Middle English; earliest use found in Guy de Chauliac's Grande Chirurgie. In some forms from dog + tongue; in some forms from the genitive of dog + tongue. In sense 1 after classical Latin cynoglossos (Pliny), itself from Hellenistic Greek κυνόγλωσσος, κυνόγλωσσον (Dioscorides); so called on account of the shape of its leaves.
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