borage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun hairy blue-flowered European annual herb long used in herbal medicine and eaten raw as salad greens or cooked like spinach
    tailwort; Borago officinalis.
  2. noun an herb whose leaves are used to flavor sauces and punches; young leaves can be eaten in salads or cooked

WordNet

Bor"age noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A mucilaginous plant of the genus Borago (B. officinalis), which is used, esp. in France, as a demulcent and diaphoretic.

Webster 1913