What is the meaning of hound's-tongue?

noun

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