noun
a genus of herbs belonging to the family Boraginaceae that grow in temperate regions and have blue or purple flowers shaped like funnels
• Syn: ↑Mertensia
• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Boraginaceae, ↑family Boraginaceae, ↑borage family
• Member Meronyms: ↑Virginia bluebell, ↑Virginia cowslip, ↑Mertensia virginica
Useful english dictionary. 2012.