HyperDic: tailwort

English > 1 sense of the word tailwort:
NOUNplanttailwort, borage, Borago officinalishairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
English > tailwort: 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, Borago officinalis
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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