BORAGE
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
Etymology
Noun
borage (usually uncountable, plural borages)
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves, used in salads.
Synonyms
• (Borago officinalis): beebread, beeplant, starflower, talewort
Anagrams
• 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
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