borage

[ bawr-ij, bor-, bur- ]

noun

1. a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads. Compare borage family.
2. any of various allied or similar plants.

borage

/ ˈbɒrɪdʒ; ˈbʌrɪdʒ /

noun

1. a European boraginaceous plant, Borago officinalis , with star-shaped blue flowers. The young leaves have a cucumber-like flavour and are sometimes used in salads or as seasoning
2. any of several related plants

Word History and Origins

Origin of borage¹

1250–1300; Middle English burage < Anglo-French borage, bo ( u )- rache, Middle French bourage < Vulgar Latin *burrāgō ( Late Latin burra hair stuffing + -gō noun suffix)

Word History and Origins

Origin of borage¹

C13: from Old French bourage , perhaps from Arabic abū `āraq literally: father of sweat, from its use as a diaphoretic

Example Sentences

Green alkanet can look similar to the untrained eye, but its flowers are purple with rounded petals and have thicker stems than borage.

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The view exhibited by those plants which have down, such as borage, nettles, &c. is exceedingly curious.

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Garden rue and the short bristles of the borage are irritating.

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Borage, wine, water, lemon and sugar make an English drink called Cool Tankard.

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Syrup made of flowers of borage "comforteth the heart, purgeth the melancholy, and quieteth the phrenticke or lunaticke person."

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Up to this time the ground is kept open and clean by cultivation; afterwards the borage will usually have possession.

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