echium
/ (ˈɛkɪəm) /
noun
any plant of the Eurasian and African genus Echium with bell-shaped flowers sometimes borne on single-sided spikes in a wide variety of colours; E. vulgare is viper's bugloss: family Boraginaceae
Word Origin for echium
New Latin, from Greek
echion, from
echis viper, from its use as an antidote to a viper bite
Words nearby echium
echinoderm,
echinodermatous,
echinoid,
echinulate,
echinus,
echium,
echiurid,
echiuroid,
echo,
echo boomer,
echo chamber
Example sentences from the Web for echium
The first we got at Walmer was the Echium vulgare, and is always associated in my mind with his lesson.
Michael Faraday |Walter Jerrold