noun
a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
• Syn: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑borage family
• Hypernyms: ↑plant family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Polemoniales, ↑order Polemoniales
• Member Meronyms:
↑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
Useful english dictionary. 2012.