Borage : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Borage	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
borage n hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach Synonym(s): borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Borage \Bor"age\, n. [OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. [?]), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.] (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.