BORAGO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Borago mean? 

• BORAGO (noun)
  The noun BORAGO has 1 sense:

1. perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region

  Familiarity information: BORAGO used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BORAGO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Borago; genus Borago

Hypernyms ("Borago" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Borago"):

borage; Borago officinalis; tailwort (hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach)

Holonyms ("Borago" is a member of...):

borage family; Boraginaceae; family Boraginaceae (a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by circinate flowers and nutlike fruit)

 Context examples 

The oil extracted from the seeds of Borago officinalis.

(Borage Oil, NCI Thesaurus)