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boracic acid |
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Borage
| borage family
| boragewort
| boraginaceae
| boraginaceous
| boragineous
Borage
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Borage has 2 senses
- borage(n = noun.plant) borago officinalis, tailwort - hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach; Array has parts: borage
- borage(n = noun.food) Array - an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked; Array is a kind of herb
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
is a member of borago, genus borago
is a part of borage, borago officinalis, tailwort
CIDE DICTIONARY
Borage, n. [OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. ), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.].
A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Borage, n. any plant of the genus Borago, esp. Borago officinalis with bright blue flowers and leaves used as flavouring.
Etymology
OF bourrache f. med.L borrago f. Arab. ' abu ' arak father of sweat (from its use as a diaphoretic)
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