HyperDic: genus_borago

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Borago:
NOUNplantgenus Borago, Boragoperennial herbs of the Mediterranean region
English > genus Borago: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningperennial herbs of the Mediterranean region.
SynonymBorago
Member ofBoraginaceae, family Boraginaceae, borage familyA widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit
Membersborage, tailwort, Borago officinalishairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
Broaderplant genusA genus of plants
Spanishborago, genus borago
Catalanborago, Borago, genus borago

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