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Borage

noun

Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach. Synonyms: Borago officinalis, tailwort.

An herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked.

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... rain-drops. I at once started forth, knowing that such a storm is often followed by several lesser showers with brief intervals between. The deserted ice-house was rarely visited—only, perhaps, when some borage was wanted to put in summer drinks. For a thick growth of borage had sprung up by it, where perhaps a small garden patch had once been cultivated, for there was a pear-tree near. The plant, with its scent of cucumber, grew very strong; the blue flowers when fallen, if they had not been ...

— Round About a Great Estate • Richard Jefferies

Words linked to "Borage" : Borago, genus Borago, herbaceous plant, herb