borage

/bawr-ij, bor-, bur-/US // ˈbɔr ɪdʒ, ˈbɒr-, ˈbɜr- //UK // (ˈbɒrɪdʒ, ˈbʌrɪdʒ) //

琉璃苣,浆果,苣荬菜,琉球苣

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : a plant, Borago officinalis, native to southern Europe, having hairy leaves and stems, used medicinally and in salads.Compare borage family.
- : any of various allied or similar plants.

Green alkanet can look similar to the untrained eye, but its flowers are purple with rounded petals and have thicker stems than borage.
The view exhibited by those plants which have down, such as borage, nettles, &c. is exceedingly curious.
Garden rue and the short bristles of the borage are irritating.
Borage, wine, water, lemon and sugar make an English drink called Cool Tankard.
Syrup made of flowers of borage "comforteth the heart, purgeth the melancholy, and quieteth the phrenticke or lunaticke person."
Up to this time the ground is kept open and clean by cultivation; afterwards the borage will usually have possession.