1) Genus echium 2) Plant genus 
Echium əm is a genus of 60 species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. The type species is Echium vulgare (viper`s bugloss). Species of Echium are native to North Africa, mainland Europe and the Macaronesian islands., but have also become invasive in southern Africa and Australia. One species, Echium plantagineum (Patterson`s Curse),.....
(from the article `bugloss`) any plant of the genera Lycopsis and Echium of the family Boraginaceae; they are weedy, bristly annuals with small, bright-blue flowers that have ...
[n] - a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae
genus Echium noun a genus of bristly herbs and shrubs of the family Boraginaceae