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noun
Borago officinalis, a Mediterranean plant with rough, cucumber-flavored leaves and stems, used in salads and cooked.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb
noun
hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: tailwort, Borago officinalis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
History
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”).
Across languages
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