noun
perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
• Syn: ↑genus Borago
• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑family Boraginaceae, ↑borage family
• Member Meronyms: ↑borage, ↑tailwort, ↑Borago officinalis
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\\bəˈrā(ˌ)gō, -rä-\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Medieval Latin borago, borrago borage, probably from (assumed) Vulgar Latin burrago
: a small genus of perennial herbs (family Boraginaceae) that are natives of the Mediterranean region and distinguished by a rotate corolla and large scar at the base of the nutlet
Useful english dictionary. 2012.