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bor·age
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borage family
any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not. -
boraginaceous
of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope -
alkanet
a European boraginaceous plant, Alkanna tinctoria, the roots of which yield a red dye -
anchusa
any Eurasian plant of the boraginaceous genus Anchusa, having rough hairy stems and leaves and blue flowers -
bethlehem sage
a plant, Pulmonaria saccharata, of the borage family, native to Europe, having mottled, white leaves and white or reddish-purple flowers in clusters. -
blueweed
a bristly weed (Echium vulgare) of the borage family with blue flowers and pink buds