borage

[ bawr-ij, bor-, bur- ]

/ ˈbɔr ɪdʒ, ˈbɒr-, ˈbɜr- /

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noun

a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.Compare borage family.

any of various allied or similar plants.

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Origin of borage

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)

Words nearby borage

bor., bora, Bora Bora, boracic, boracite, borage, borage family, boraginaceous, Borah, Borah Peak, borak

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How to use borage in a sentence

Green alkanet can look similar to the untrained eye, but its flowers are purple with rounded petals and have thicker stems than borage.
7 edible flowers and how to use them|John Kennedy|July 20, 2021|Popular-Science
The view exhibited by those plants which have down, such as borage, nettles, &c. is exceedingly curious.
The Book of Curiosities|I. Platts
Garden rue and the short bristles of the borage are irritating.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, August 1899|Various
Borage, wine, water, lemon and sugar make an English drink called Cool Tankard.
Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition)|Anonymous

Syrup made of flowers of borage "comforteth the heart, purgeth the melancholy, and quieteth the phrenticke or lunaticke person."
Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles|Daniel Hack Tuke
Up to this time the ground is kept open and clean by cultivation; afterwards the borage will usually have possession.
Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses|M. G. Kains

British Dictionary definitions for borage

borage

/ (ˈbɒrɪdʒ, ˈbʌrɪdʒ) /

noun

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

any of several related plants

Word Origin for borage

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

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