1. borage(n = noun.plant) borago officinalis, tailwort - hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach;
is a kind of herb, herbaceous plant
has parts: borage
is a member of borago, genus borago
2. borage(n = noun.food) - an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked;
is a kind of herb
is a part of borage, borago officinalis, tailwort
A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic. [1913 Webster]
borage, n. any plant of the genus Borago, esp. Borago officinalis with bright blue flowers and leaves used as flavouring.
Etymology:
OF bourrache f. med.L borrago f. Arab. ' abu ' arak father of sweat (from its use as a diaphoretic)