(a) Hound's-tongue (Cynoglossum officinale); (b) ?bugloss or a similar plant of the borage family. …

(a) A kind of nightshade; esp. black nightshade (Solanum nigrum); (b) the fruit of the wild grape or of some kind of nightshade; (c) ?horehound [cp. hound ben(e]. …

A slowworm, blindworm; ?also, some other kind of lizard or snake [1st quot.]. …

(a) A dragon or dragonlike creature (b) a serpent, snake; also fig.; also, a sacred serpent serving as an object of cult worship, a temple snake [1st quot.]; one of the serpents of Greek or Roman……

(a) An intestinal worm; (b) a skin disease characterized by circular eruptive patches, ringworm. …