Borage-family
any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
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belonging to the plant family Boraginaceae. adjective of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- Borah
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- Borah-peak
a mountain in central Idaho, in the Lost River Range: highest peak in Idaho. 12,662 feet (3861 meters).
- Borak
ridicule. Historical Examples Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 9 (of 10) Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire) Beast and Man in India John Lockwood Kipling noun (Austral & NZ, slang, archaic) rubbish; nonsense poke borak at someone, to jeer at someone
- Boral
a compound of an aluminum tartrate and borate, used chiefly as an astringent and antiseptic. Historical Examples The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India – Volume IV of IV R.V. Russell