borage

 

 

From Middle English borage, borrowed from Old French borage (compare French bourrache), from Medieval Latin borrago, either from Latin borra (“short wool, rough hair”) or Arabic أَبُو العَرَق (ʔabū l-ʕaraq, literally “father of sweat”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒɹ.ɪd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪdʒ

borage (usually uncountable, plural borages)

1. Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.

• (Borago officinalis): beebread, beeplant, starflower, talewort

•   borage on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   Borago officinalis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

• Abrego, agbero, gerboa