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[syn: Boraginaceae, family Boraginaceae, borage family]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Boraginaceous \Bo*rag`i*na"ceous\, a. (Bot.)
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants
(Boraginace[ae]) which includes the borage, heliotrope,
beggar's lice, and many pestiferous plants.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Boraginaceae
n 1: a widely distributed family of plants distinguished by
circinate flowers and nutlike fruit [syn: Boraginaceae,
family Boraginaceae, borage family]