bugle

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a musical instrument like a simple trumpet, used especially in the army

a small plant with dark, purple-red leaves and small blue or white flowers growing together at the top of the stem:

Bugles produce short, upright spikes of dark blue flowers in early summer.

The bugle plant keeps its foliage throughout winter.

a small brass musical instrument, used esp. in the military, played by blowing into it