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BORAGE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

herb (aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities)

Holonyms ("borage" is a part of...):

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach

Synonyms:

borage; Borago officinalis; tailwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "borage"):

borage (an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked)

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

Borago; genus Borago (perennial herbs of the Mediterranean region)

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