Akademik

a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit

↑Borago, ↑genus Borago, ↑Amsinckia, ↑genus Amsinckia, ↑genus Anchusa, ↑Cordia, ↑genus Cordia, ↑Cynoglossum, ↑genus Cynoglossum, ↑Echium, ↑genus Echium, ↑Hackelia, ↑genus Hackelia, ↑Lappula, ↑genus Lappula, ↑Lithospermum, ↑genus Lithospermum, ↑Mertensia, ↑genus Mertensia, ↑Myosotis, ↑genus Myosotis, ↑Onosmodium, ↑genus Onosmodium, ↑Symphytum, ↑genus Symphytum

any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.

borage family,

a group of dicotyledonous plants, chiefly herbs of north temperate regions, often having rough and hairy leaves and regular, five-petaled flowers, and usually bearing a fruit consisting of four distinct nutlets. The family includes the borage, bugloss, alkanet, heliotrope, and forget-me-not.