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boraginaceous
[ buh-raj-uh-ney-shuhs, baw-, boh- ]
adjective
- belonging to the plant family Boraginaceae.
boraginaceous
/ ²úəˌ°ùæ»åÏôɪˈ²Ô±ðɪʃə²õ /
adjective
- 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
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of boraginaceous1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of boraginaceous1
C19: from New Latin µþ´Ç°ùÄå²µ¾±²ÔÄ峦±ð²¹±ð , from µþ´Ç°ùÄ岵Šgenus name; see borage
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Relating to the Borage tribe; boraginaceous.
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Anchusa.—Pretty boraginaceous herbs, easily grown.
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Onosma.—O. taurica, 6 to 8 in., is a charming boraginaceous plant from the Caucasus, producing hispid leaves and cymose heads of drooping, tubular, yellow flowers.
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Pulmonaria.—Handsome dwarf, boraginaceous plants, requiring good deep garden soil.
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Symphytum.—Rather coarse-growing but showy boraginaceous plants, succeeding in ordinary soil.
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