boraginaceous

American

[buh-raj-uh-ney-shuhs, baw-, boh-] / bəˌrædʒ əˈneɪ ʃəs, bɔ-, boʊ- /

adjective

belonging to the plant family Boraginaceae.

boraginaceous British

/ bəˌrædʒɪˈneɪʃəs /

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae , a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope

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Etymology

Origin of boraginaceous

< New Latin Boraginace ( ae ) family name ( Boragin-, stem of Borago genus name; borage + -aceae -aceae ) + -ous

Example Sentences

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Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.

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Symphytum.—Rather coarse-growing but showy boraginaceous plants, succeeding in ordinary soil.

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Anchusa.—Pretty boraginaceous herbs, easily grown.

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Onosma.—O. taurica, 6 to 8 in., is a charming boraginaceous plant from the Caucasus, producing hispid leaves and cymose heads of drooping, tubular, yellow flowers.

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Pulmonaria.—Handsome dwarf, boraginaceous plants, requiring good deep garden soil.

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