Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Borage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Borage \Bor"age\, 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.] (Bot.)
A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis),
which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and
diaphoretic.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
borage
n 1: hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal
medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like
spinach [syn: {tailwort}, {Borago officinalis}]
2: leaves flavor sauces and punches; young leaves eaten in
salads or cooked
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