BORAGE

borage. Borage, n. the name of a plant, bugloss

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Bor″age (�), n. [[OE. borage (cf. F. bourrache, It. borraggine, borrace, LL. borago, borrago, LGr. �), fr. LL. borra, F. bourre, hair of beasts, flock; so called from its hairy leaves.]] (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.