'Borage' definitions:
Definition of 'borage'
From: WordNet
noun
Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach [syn: borage, tailwort, Borago officinalis]
noun
An herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked
Definition of 'Borage'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]