bugle

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: bugle

1	n v	a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares play on a bugle
2	n	a tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
3	n	any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: bugle

Type of:: brass, brass instrument
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; Ajuga reptans, creeping bugle
low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States; Ajuga genevensis, blue bugle, erect bugle
upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers; southern Europe; Ajuga pyramidalis, pyramid bugle
European evergreen carpeting perennial; Ajuga chamaepitys, ground pine, yellow bugle
low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa

Type of:: herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

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