Main Entry:

¹bu·gle

Pronunciation:

\ˈbyü-gəl\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin bugula

Date:

13th century

: any of a genus (Ajuga) of plants of the mint family ; especially : a European annual (A. reptans) that has spikes of blue flowers and is naturalized in the United States