HyperDic: borago_officinalis

English > 1 sense of the expression Borago officinalis:
NOUNplantBorago officinalis, borage, tailworthairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
English > Borago officinalis: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninghairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach.
Synonymsborage, tailwort
Member ofBorago, genus Boragoperennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
PartsborageAn herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches
Broaderherb, herbaceous plantA plant lacking a permanent woody stem
Spanishborago officinalis, borraja, tailwort
Catalanborago officinalis, Borago officinalis, borratja, tailwort

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