1. A brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
   "The bugle sounded reveille at dawn"
    
2. Any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
   "The bugle's blue flowers carpeted the forest floor";
   - bugleweed
    
3. A tubular glass or plastic bead sewn onto clothing for decoration
   "The dress was adorned with shimmering bugles"

1. (music) play on a bugle
   "The soldier bugled the morning wake-up call"

Derived forms: bugling, bugles, bugled

Type of: bead, brass, brass instrument, herb, herbaceous plant, play, spiel

Part of: Ajuga, genus Ajuga

Encyclopedia: Bugle, Cornwall