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BORAGO

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region

Synonyms:

Borago; genus Borago

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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