borage
(noun) an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis
(noun) hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
Source: WordNet® 3.1
borage (usually uncountable, plural borages)
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves, used in salads.
• (Borago officinalis): beebread, beeplant, starflower, talewort
• Abrego, agbero, gerboa
Source: Wiktionary
Bor"age, n. Etym: [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.] (Bot.)
Definition: A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
