Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Boraginaceae"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Boraginaceous \Bo*rag`i*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants
({Boraginace[ae]}) which includes the borage, heliotrope,
beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

Boraginaceae
n : a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by
circinate flowers and nutlike fruit [syn: {Boraginaceae},
{family Boraginaceae}, {borage family}]


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