Borago

See also: borago

Translingual

Borago officinalis

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin borago, borrago, from borra, burra (“rough hair”), from Latin burra (“a shaggy garment”)

Proper noun

Borago f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Boraginaceae – borage, a flowering herb native to the western Mediterranean, one species of which, Borago officinalis, is cultivated worldwide for food and ornament.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; unassigned euasterids I; Boraginaceae – family; Boraginoideae - subfamily; Boragineae - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Borago officinalis - type species; Borago longifolia, Borago morisiana, Borago pygmaea, Borago trabutii - other accepted species

References

• Borago on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Borago on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Borago on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Borago at USDA Plants database
• Borago at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Borago at the Catalogue of Life 
• Borago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Boragineae at APWeb
• Borago at Plants of the World Online