Borago
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See also: borago
Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
New Latin, from Medieval Latin borago, borrago, from borra, burra (“rough hair”), from Latin burra (“a shaggy garment”)
Proper noun[edit]
Borago f
- 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[edit]
- (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[edit]
- (genus): Borago officinalis - type species; Borago longifolia, Borago morisiana, Borago pygmaea, Borago trabutii - other accepted species
References[edit]
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 Encyclopedia of Life
- Borago at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Boragineae at APWeb
- Borago at Plants of the World Online
