| 释义 | borage/ˈbɒrɪdʒ /nounA European herbaceous plant with bright blue flowers and hairy leaves, which is attractive to bees.Collect herb flowers such as borage and chamomile just before full flowering....Borago officinalis, family Boraginaceae (the borage family). This family includes many plants that typically have blue or purple flowers, including forget-me-not, comfrey, bugloss, and alkanet.
 Painted Ladies, which instinctively lay their eggs on thistle plants, also find an acceptable substitute in the hairy leaves of borage.We've got hawthorn, gingko, elder, mullein, lavender, sage, thyme, echinacea, borage, yarrow and plenty of pine trees.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French bourrache, from medieval Latin borrago, perhaps from Arabic 'abū ḥurāš 'father of roughness' (referring to the leaves).Rhymesforage, Norwich, porridge |