BORAGO OFFICINALIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Borago officinalis mean? 

• BORAGO OFFICINALIS (noun)
  The noun BORAGO OFFICINALIS has 1 sense:

1. hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach

  Familiarity information: BORAGO OFFICINALIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BORAGO OFFICINALIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

borage; Borago officinalis; tailwort

Hypernyms ("Borago officinalis" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "Borago officinalis"):

borage (an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked)

Holonyms ("Borago officinalis" is a member of...):

Borago; genus Borago (perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the seeds of Borago officinalis.

(Borage Oil, NCI Thesaurus)