A plant (genus Amsinckia or similar) with fuzzy leaves or flowers, named for their supposed resemblance to a bear's rough tongue.
Compound of 'bear' and 'tongue,' named descriptively for the plant's textured leaves or flowers that resemble the rough surface of a bear's tongue.
Common plant names like 'beartongue,' 'horsemint,' and 'catspaw' reveal how people used everyday animal comparisons to remember and identify plants before scientific names—the folk taxonomy was poetic and practical at once.
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