Borago

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Translingual

Borago officinalis

Etymology

New Latin, from Medieval Latin borago, borrago, from borra, burra (“rough hair”), from Latin burra (“a shaggy garment”)

Proper noun

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

(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

(genus): Borago officinalis - type species; Borago longifolia, Borago morisiana, Borago pygmaea, Borago trabutii - other accepted species

References

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 National Center for Biotechnology Information
Boragineae at APWeb
Borago at Plants of the World Online

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