Borage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An annual, bristly European herb (Borago officinalis) having blue or purplish star-shaped flowers.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a Mediterranean plant with oval leaves, used in salads.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A European plant, Borago officinalis, the principal representative of the genus, occasionally cultivated for its blue flowers.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
  • n. an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
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