boraginaceous
English
editEtymology
editBoraginaceae + -ous
Adjective
editboraginaceous (comparative more boraginaceous, superlative most boraginaceous)
- (botany) Of, relating to, or resembling the Boraginaceae, a plant family which includes the borage, heliotrope, beggar's lice, and many other pestiferous plants.
References
edit- “boraginaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.